# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.14.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.14.3

σημεῖον δὲ λέγουσιν, ὅτι τότε μὲν ἦσαν ἐλάαι καὶ ἄλλοθι καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ ἄστει μεγάλαι καὶ καλαὶ νῦν δὲ οὐδαμοῦ, καὶ αἱ ἄμπελοι τότε μὲν οὐκ ἐξεπήγνυντο νῦν δὲ πολλάκις. ὅτι δὲ τὸ ὕδωρ οὐκ ἀεὶ ψυχροτέρας ποιεῖ, ἀλλ᾽ ὅπερ καὶ τὸ πρότερον ἐλέχθη σημεῖον τὸ περὶ Αἶνον γενόμενον· αὕτη γὰρ ἀλεεινοτέρα δοκεῖ νῦν γεγονέναι πλησιαίτερον ὄντος τοῦ Ἕβρου· ταύτῃ μὲν οὖν δόξειεν ἂν ὁ λεπτὸς ἀὴρ πηκτικώτερος εἶναι· τῇ δὲ πάλιν ὁ παχύτερος· ἀκινητότερος γὰρ, ὁ δ᾽ εὐκίνητος εὐπηκτότερος·

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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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