# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.13.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.13.2

ὁ δὴ τῆς γῆς πάγος ὀλεθριώτερος τοῖς δένδροις· ἅπτεται γὰρ μᾶλλον τῶν ῥιζῶν· ὁ δὲ τοῦ ὕδατος καὶ ἧττον· χαλεπώτερος δὲ καὶ οὗτος κἀκεῖνος, ὅταν ἀνίῃ καὶ πάλιν ἐπιπηγνύηται καὶ τοῦτο ποιῇ πολλάκις· ἐξαιρεῖται γὰρ τὴν δύναμιν· ὁ δὲ συνεχὴς ἐγκατακλείσας τὸ θερμὸν οὐχ ὁμοίως πλὴν ἐὰν ὑπερβάλλῃ τῷ χρόνῳ· καὶ χαλεπώτερος δ᾽ ὅλως ὁ κάτωθεν πάγος ταῖς μὴ εὐγείοις μηδὲ πυκναῖς μηδ᾽ ἐνίκμοις· οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁμοίως θερμαίνει, καὶ διαδύεται δὲ πορρωτέρω καὶ ἅπτεται τῆς ῥίζης.

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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/.