# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.6.5

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.6.5

φαίνεται δὲ τοῦτό γε καὶ ἄλλως ἀληθὲς ὡς οὐκ εὐθὺς ἀλοηθέντα τὰ σπέρματα βελτίω τῶν χρονισθέντων οὐδὲ τὰ νέα τῶν ἔνων ὥσπερ εἴπομεν ἀλλὰ δεῖ τινα λαβεῖν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς οἷον πέψιν καὶ δύναμιν ἀποπνεύσαντος τοῦ ἀλλοτρίου. τί οὖν ἴσως ἄν τις φαίη κωλύει καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀπορουμένων τοιοῦτόν τι συμβαίνειν ὥστε καὶ τελέωσιν λαμβάνειν καὶ δύναμιν ἐκπεττόμενά πως τῇ θερμότητι τῇ τε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς καὶ τῇ περιεχούσῃ.

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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/.