# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.15.5

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.15.5

φθοραὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοις ὑπ᾽ ἄλλων εἰσὶν ἴδιαι καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς ἐλάττοσιν· καὶ γὰρ ἡ ὀροβάγχη καλουμένη φθείρει τὸν ὄροβον τῷ περιπλέκεσθαι καὶ καταλαμβάνειν καὶ τὸ λειμόδωρον τὸ βούκερας εὐθὺς τῇ ῥίζῃ παραφυόμενον καὶ ἄλλα δ᾽ ἄλλων. καὶ ὅσα δὴ συγγεννᾶται καθ᾽ ἕκαστον σπέρμα οἷον αἶρα καὶ αἰγίλωψ καὶ πυροῖς καὶ κριθαῖς καὶ ἀπαρίνη φακοῖς καὶ ἕτερα δ᾽ ἑτέροις· ἅπαντα δὲ τῷ τὰς τροφὰς ἀφαιρεῖσθαι τάς τε ἐκ τῆς γῆς καὶ τὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου καὶ τοῦ ἀέρος. καὶ τούτων μὲν σχεδὸν φανεραί τινες αἱ αἰτίαι.

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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/.