# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.5.6

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.5.6

ὃ καὶ πρὸς τὴν ἔκστασιν ὅλως τοῦ γένους χρῆναί φαμεν μετενεγκεῖν, ποιάν τινα καὶ ποσὴν ποιήσαντες τὴν τροφήν· ἐπεὶ καὶ τῶν δένδρων καὶ ὅλως τῶν φυτῶν αἱ ἐν ταῖς ἱστορίαις εἰρημέναι μεταβολαὶ διὰ ταύτας γίνονται τὰς αἰτίας ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖς πρότερον ἐλέχθη· τῶν μὲν ἀτροφούντων ἐν μὴ οἰκείαις τροφαῖς καὶ θεραπείαις· ὥσπερ τὸ σισύμβριον ὅταν εἰς μίνθαν· ἀπόλλυται γὰρ τὸ δριμὺ τῆς ὀσμῆς καὶ οἷον ἀποθηλύνεται, διὰ τὴν τροφὴν δὲ καὶ ἀργίαν ἡ ἀπαγρίωσις· ἔνια δ᾽ ὅλως καὶ ἀπόλλυσιν ὥσπερ τὴν μίνθαν καταπνιγομένων τῶν ῥιζῶν ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν.

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Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg002.local001/.