# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.9.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.9.1

Περὶ δὲ τοῦ εἶναι βαρύτερα τὰ χεδροπὰ πρὸς τὰς τροφὰς ἢ τὸν σῖτον ἡμῖν καίπερ ἐλάττω χρόνον ἐν τῇ γῇ γινόμενα — δοκεῖ δὲ καὶ πρὸς κουφότητα διαφέρειν τοῦτο, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ τῶν πυρῶν οἱ τρίμηνοι κουφότατοι καὶ τῶν κριθῶν ὁμοίως ὡς ἐλάττονος ἐνυπάρχοντος τοῦ γεώδους διὰ τὴν βραχύτητα τοῦ χρόνου —, τοῖς δὲ ἄλλοις ζώοις καὶ προσφιλῆ καὶ ἄλυπα ταῦτ᾽ εἶναι ἃ χαλεπώτατα ἡμῖν καὶ πάλιν ἃ ἡμῖν εὐκατέργαστα ταῦτ᾽ ἐκείνοις χαλεπώτατα καίπερ ἰσχυροτέροις οὖσι. πολλὰ γοῦν ἀπόλλυται χορτασθέντα πυρῶν· καίτοι τὸ γεῶδες ἐλάχιστον ἔχουσι.

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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/.