# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.12.5

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.12.5

συμβαίνει δὲ τοῦθ᾽ ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλέον ἐν τοῖς ὑπὲρ γῆν, τὰ δὲ κατώτατα περὶ τὰς ῥίζας ἀπαθῆ, πολλάκις δὲ καὶ αὐτοῦ τι του στελέχους· οὐ μὴν ἀλλ᾽ ἐνίοτε διϊκνεῖται καὶ πρὸς τὰς ῥίζας ὥσθ᾽ ὅλως ἐξαυαίνειν τὸ δένδρον· ἁπλῶς γὰρ ἄνωθεν ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ ἡ παρείσδυσις τοῦ ψύχους εἶτ’ ἀπὸ τούτων ὥσπερ ὀχετῶν τινων καταβαίνει πρὸς τὰ κάτω δι᾽ ὃ καὶ παρ᾽ οἷς συμβαίνει τὸ πάθος κατακρύπτουσι τὰς ἀμπέλους καὶ τὰς συκᾶς θαμνώδεις ποιοῦσιν· οὐδὲν δὲ δεῖ πολλῆς γῆς, ἀλλὰ μετρία τις ἐποῦσα δύναται διατηρεῖν·

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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/.