# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.8.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.8.1

Τὴν δὲ ταχυβλαστίαν τοῖς χεδροποῖς ἀποδοίη τις ἂν διὰ τὴν ὥραν ὅτι μαλακωτέρα καὶ γονιμωτέρα τῆς χειμερινῆς· ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον τούτου αἰτιάσαιτ᾽ ἄν τις τὴν ἀσθένειαν δι᾽ ἣν καὶ σπείρονται πρὸς τὸ ἔαρ καὶ διαβλαστάνουσι θᾶττον· τὸ γὰρ ἀσθενέστερον ὥσπερ πολλάκις ἐλέγομεν εὐπαθέστερον. τάχα δὲ καὶ τῆς πολυκαρπίας, πολυχούστερα γὰρ δὴ τὰ χεδροπὰ, τὴν αὐτὴν ἢ παραπλησίαν, καὶ τοῦ θᾶττον δὲ ἐκτελεοῦν καὶ μὴ καρπίζεσθαι τὴν γῆν ἀλλὰ νειὸν ποιεῖν· ἅπαντα γὰρ ταῦτα ἢ τὰ τοιαῦτα συμβαίνει σχεδὸν ὡς ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν.

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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.
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