# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.7.6

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.7.6

ὥστε τούτων μὲν εἰκότως ἡ φύσις εἰς ταὐτὸ τὰς ἀρχὰς ἔθηκε, τῶν δὲ σιτωδῶν καθ᾽ αὑτά τε πεφυκότων καὶ περιεχομένων ἔτι δ᾽ ὥσπερ εὐθέων πως ὄντων τὴν μορφὴν ἐχώρισε τὴν ἔκφυσιν ἀπὸ μιᾶς μὲν ἀρχῆς ἀμφοτέρας ποιήσασα συνεχοῦς δέ τινος οὔσης καὶ διηκούσης ἐφ᾽ ἑκάτερον τῶν ἄκρων ὥσπερ καὶ κατὰ τὴν βλάστησιν φανερὰ διατείνουσα κατὰ τὴν ἐντομήν. τοῦ μὲν οὖν μὴ ὁμοίως ἔχειν ταύτην ὑποληπτέον τὴν αἰτίαν·

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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/.