# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.9.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.9.4

διὰ δὴ ταύτας τὰς αἰτίας ὡς ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν οὐκ ἀλόγως μὲν ἔχει δοκεῖ δὲ τῇ παραλλαγῇ· ὡς δὲ εἰπεῖν τύπῳ πρὸς βαρύτητα καὶ κουφότητα τροφῆς καὶ ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις τῆς κατὰ φύσιν ἑκάστοις οἰκείας αἱ χῶραι καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ ποιεῖ τὰς διαφοράς· τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἐκ τῶν εὐείλων καὶ εὔπνων καὶ λεπτογείων κουφότατα· τὰ δ᾽ ἐκ τῶν ψυχρῶν καὶ ἐπόμβρων βαρύτερα διὰ τὸ πλείω τροφὴν καὶ ἰσχυροτέραν ἔχειν.

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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/.