# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.2.2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.2.2

ἐὰν δὲ δὴ καὶ προβλάστημά τι γένηται τῷ καρπῷ ἔλαττον ἔτι τὸ ἄτοπον· ἐνίοτε γὰρ καὶ φύεται κλῆμα ἐκ τοῦ στελέχους ἰσχύσαντα δὲ καρποτοκῆσαι ταῦτ᾽ οὐκ ἄλογον. ἀλλ᾽ ὅταν αὐτὸς ὁ καρπὸς ἐκ τοῦ ἀκρεμόνος ἢ τοῦ στελέχους ἀτοπώτερον ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν ῥοῶν· αἰτίαν δὲ τὴν εἰρημένην ὑποληπτέον. αἱ δὲ τοιαῦται παραλλαγαὶ τῶν τόπων ἐλάττους εἰσὶν οἷον εἴ ποτε συκῆ τις ἤνεγκεν ἐκ τοῦ ὄπισθεν τοῦ θρίου τὸν καρπόν· μικρὰ γὰρ ἡ μεταβολὴ καὶ ὁ τόπος ὅλως οὐκ ἀλλότριος τοῦ συμβαίνοντος.

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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/.