# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.16.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.16.1

Λοιπαὶ δὲ τῶν φθορῶν αἱ βίαιοι λεγόμεναι· αὗται δὲ γίνονται πληγῇ ἢ περιαιρέσει τινῶν ἢ κολούσει ἢ τὸ ὅλον ἀφαιρέσει. ἔνια μὲν γὰρ ἑλκούμενα βαθύτερον ἀπόλλυται διὰ τὴν ξηρότητα καὶ ἀσθένειαν· ὁ δὲ φοῖνιξ καὶ τιτρωσκόμενος εἰς τὸν ἐγκέφαλον, ἐν τούτῳ γὰρ ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ βλάστησις· ὅταν οὖν ἀναξηρανθῇ ἢ τὸ ὅλον ἀλλοιωθῇ, παρεισπεσόντος ἀέρος τε καὶ ἀλλοτρίου θερμοῦ διαφθείρεται καὶ διαφθειρόμενος διΐησιν εἰς τὰ κάτω· τούτου μὲν οὖν καὶ ἰδία τις ἡ φύσις ὥστε καὶ ἐμφανὲς εἶναι τὸ κύριον τοῦ ζῆν.

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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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