# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.1.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.1.2

περὶ μὲν οὖν τῶν κατὰ φύσιν καὶ τῶν συνεργούντων τῇ φύσει πρότερον εἴρηται· περὶ δὲ τῶν παρὰ φύσιν καὶ ὅσα πρὸς τὸ περιττὸν ἥκει νῦν λεκτέον καὶ πρῶτον μὲν ὑπὲρ τῶν παρὰ φύσιν ἢ ὄντων ἢ δοκούντων· καὶ γὰρ τούτων ἐστί τις αἰτία καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς ζώοις· οἷον ὅσαι πάρωροι καρποτοκίαι καὶ μὴ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν μερῶν γίνονται· λέγω δ᾽ οἷον εἴ ποτε συκῆ κατὰ χειμῶνα τοῦ ἦρος ὑποφαίνοντος ἤνεγκε καρπὸν καὶ ῥόα καὶ ἄμπελος ἐκ τῶν ἀκρεμόνων καὶ ἐκ τοῦ στελέχους καὶ εἰ δή τι παραπλήσιον τουτοισί·

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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/.