# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.17.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.17.7

τὰ δὲ τῆς ἀρχῆς ὅτι μεγάλα πολλαχόθεν μὲν φανερόν· εἰ δὲ μὴ καὶ ἐκ τῶν βλαστήσεων ὅταν κακωθῶσιν ἐν ἄλλοις τε καὶ οὐχ ἥκιστα ἐν τῇ ἀμπέλῳ· κατεδεσθεῖσα γὰρ ὑπὸ τῶν κτηνῶν οὐκέτι δύναται βλαστάνειν, ἀλλ᾽ αὐτὴ ἡ τῆς βλαστήσεως ἐπιρροὴ παύεται καὶ ἀποσβέννυται, ᾧ φαίνεται ὥσπερ τυφλουμένη καὶ πηρουμένη πως· ἰσχυρὸν δὲ ἐν ἅπασιν ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ ἀσθενὲς οὐ τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον· ἐπεὶ ὅτι γε βλαστητικὸν ἄμπελος καὶ αἱ εἰς τὸν ὕστερον χρόνον ἐπιβλαστήσεις μηνύουσιν.

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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/.