# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.2.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.2.1

Τὰς δὲ μὴ ἐκ τῶν οἰκείων μερῶν, ἀλλ᾽ οἷον ἀκρεμόνων καὶ στελέχους οὐ πόρρω ταύτης ὅταν ἀθροισμὸς εἰς ταῦτα γένηται τῆς γονίμου δυνάμεως· ἀρχῆς γὰρ ἐπισυστάσης ἡ ἐπιρροὴ τῆς τροφῆς ἐξομοιοῦται τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις. ἡ δὲ σύστασις οὐκ ἄλογος εἰ τοιαύτην τινὰ κατὰ μόριον ἔλαβε κρᾶσιν, ἀλλ᾽ εὐλογωτέρα πολὺ τῆς ἐν ζώοις γινομένης οἷον εἰ κέρας ἐκ τοῦ στήθους ἤ τι τοιοῦτον ἕτερον· αὕτη γὰρ μείζων ἡ παραλλαγὴ τῶν ἐν τοῖς φυτοῖς ὅσῳ μᾶλλον ὁμοιομερῆ τὰ φυτὰ τῶν ζώων·

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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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