# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.9.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.9.5

καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τοῦ μὲν ἄλλου πυροῦ δοκεῖ τοῦ Ἀθήναζε καταπλέοντος ὁ σικελικὸς ἰσχυρότατος εἶναι, τούτου δ᾽ ἔτι βαρύτερος μᾶλλον ὁ βοιώτιος ὥσπερ ἐν ταῖς ἱστορίαις εἴρηται· καὶ γὰρ ἡ χώρα πίειρα καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ ψυχρός. καὶ τὰ ἄλλα γένη τῶν καρπῶν παραπλησίως ἔχει τῇ βαρύτητι. ἐν δὲ ταῖς Πιεσάγγαις ὁ διαρρηγνύων ὃν εἴπαμεν ὑπερβάλλων δῆλον ὅτι τῇ βαρύτητι. ὁ δὲ ποντικὸς κουφότατος καὶ σκληρότατος καίπερ ψυχροῦ τοῦ ἀέρος ὄντος ὅτι καὶ τὰ σπέρματα καὶ τὰ ἐδάφη κουφότερα καὶ ἡ χιὼν συνεκπέττει μᾶλλον.

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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/.