# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.1.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.1.9

φέρουσι δὲ οὐ παρ᾽ αὐτὸ τὸ θρίον μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ κατωτέρω πολὺ καὶ ἔνιαί γε ἐκ τῶν παχέων σφόδρα· συμβαίνει δὲ ἐνίους καὶ ἐκπέττειν τινὰς τῶν ὕστερον· οὐ γὰρ ἅμα πάντας, ἀλλὰ τοὺς μὲν πρότερον φέρουσι, τοὺς δὲ μικρῷ πρὸ τῶν ἐρινῶν· ἐγγύτεροι δὲ οὗτοι τοῦ βλαστοῦ καὶ τῶν σύκων· ἀποπίπτουσι δ᾽ ἐκεῖνοι πρότερον καὶ ἧττον ἐκπέττονται· τὰ μὲν οὖν συμβαίνοντα ταῦτ᾽ ἐστὶν, οὐκ ἀλόγως δ᾽ ἂν δόξειεν οὐδὲν.

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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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