# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.13.3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.13.3

συμβαίνει δὲ τὰς μὲν τῶν βλαστῶν ἐκπήξεις καὶ ἁπλῶς τῶν ἄνω πολλάκις γίνεσθαι, τὰς δὲ τῶν ῥιζῶν καὶ ὅλων τῶν δένδρων ὀλιγάκις καὶ παρ᾽ ὀλίγοις· αἴτιον δὲ τὸ ἔχειν προβολὴν καὶ οἷον ἀποστέγασμα τοῦ ψύχους τὴν γῆν, εἰς ἣν καὶ συνελαύνεται τὸ θερμόν· ἐνίοτε δ᾽ οὐκ ἀπόλλυται οὐδὲ τὰ ἄνω, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ἐπικάεται. καὶ ταῦτ᾽ οὐκ εὐθὺς ἀφαιρεῖν δεῖ· πολλάκις γὰρ ἅμα τῇ ὥρᾳ διεβλάστησε καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ φύλλα δοκοῦντα αὖα εἶναι πάλιν ὑγράνθη καὶ ἐγένετο χλωρά.

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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/.