# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.17.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.17.2

σημεῖον δ᾽ ὅτι καὶ τὰ ξύλα τὰ ἔμμητρα διαστρέφεται κατειργασμένα ἤδη μέχρι οὗ ἂν τελέως ἀναξηρανθῇ, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ἔνσχιστα καὶ οὐκ ἔμμητρα ποιοῦσι τὰ τῆς ἐλάτης καὶ τῆς πεύκης. ταύτης δ᾽ οὖν μέχρι μέν τινος ἐξαιρουμένης οὐκ ἄτοπον διαμένειν τὸ δένδρον ὥσπερ καὶ τοῦ φλοιοῦ μέχρι τινὸς ἀφαιρουμένου, τελέως δ᾽ ἐξαιρεθείσης αὐαίνεσθαι καθάπερ ἀρχῆς τινος ἢ καὶ οἰκείας ὑγρότητος συμφύτου στερούμενον.

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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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