# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.1.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.1.7

ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον τὸ ὅμοιον ληπτέον ὅτι παραπλησία τις ἡ αἰτία πάντων ἐκ τοῦ συνίστασθαι τὴν τοιαύτην ὑγρότητα καὶ δύναμιν δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ὄπισθεν τοῦ φύλλου πάντα ταῦτα γίνεται καὶ οὐχ ὥσπερ τὸ σῦκον ἔμπροσθεν· ἀλλ᾽ αἱ μὲν φύουσαι τοὺς προδρόμους ἀσθενέστεραι τυγχάνουσιν ὥστε οὐδ᾽ ἐπιμένειν δύνανται τῆς βλαστήσεως γινομένης ἐκεῖσε·

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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/.