# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.1.8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.1.8

ὅλως δὲ πολυειδές τι τὸ τῶν συκῶν ἐστιν· αἱ μὲν γὰρ ὀλυνθοφόροι μόνον σῦκα δ᾽ οὐ φέρουσιν οἷον αἱ τοὺς λευκοὺς ὀλύνθους φέρουσαι τοὺς ἐδωδίμους. ἕτεραι δὲ φέρουσι καὶ σῦκα καὶ ὀλύνθους μέλανας, ἀβρώτους δὲ τούτους ἢ καὶ ἐδωδίμους φέρουσαι δὲ τὸν ὄλυνθον ὄπισθεν τοῦ θρίου· γίνονται δ᾽ ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ψῆνες· αἱ δ᾽ ὅλως οὐ φέρουσιν ὀλύνθους. πάλιν δὲ τοὺς προδρόμους αἱ μὲν φέρουσιν οἷον ἥ τε λακωνικὴ καὶ λευκομφάλιος καὶ ἕτεραι πλείους, αἱ δ᾽ οὐ φέρουσιν· τῶν δὲ φερουσῶν οὐ συνεχὴς, ἀλλὰ παραλλάττουσα ἡ φορὰ κατὰ τὴν διάθεσιν. ὁτὲ μὲν γὰρ ἤνεγκαν, ὁτὲ δ᾽ οὐκ ἤνεγκαν, ἐὰν δὲ κακῶς οὐκ ἤνεγκαν.

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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.
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