# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.1.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.1.6

οὐκ ἄλογον δὲ, οὐδ᾽ ἕτερον· προϋπάρχει γὰρ ἡ τοῦ δένδρου πρὸς ἄμφω φύσις ὑγρά τις οὖσα καὶ πρόβλαστος ὥστ᾽ ἂν εὐδίαι πλείω χρόνον ἐπιγένωνται καὶ τοῦ χρώματος ποιεῖν τὴν μεταβολήν· ἐπεὶ τόν γε χυλὸν οὐ δύναται πέττειν οὐδαμῶς, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ φαντασία σχεδὸν γίνεται κατὰ τὴν χρόαν. οἱ δ᾽ ὄλυνθοι συνεργούσης ἤδη τῆς ὥρας πεπαίνονται μέχρι τινός· ἔτι δ᾽ οὗτοί γε κατὰ φύσιν πώς εἰσιν. ἀεὶ γὰρ γίνονται τὴν αὐτὴν καὶ τεταγμένην ὥραν ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ τῶν διφόρων συκῶν λεγομένων καρπός·

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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/.