# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.3.5

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.3.5

αἱ δ᾽ ἄλλαι μεταβολαὶ μάλιστα τὰς εἰρημένας ἂν ἔχοιεν αἰτίας ὁμοίως ἐπὶ πάντων εἴτε χρώμασιν εἴτε χυλοῖς εἴτε ἄλλῳ τινὶ μεταβάλλουσιν. αἱ γὰρ τροφαὶ τὰς διαθέσεις ἀλλοιοῦσι καὶ μεθίστασιν ὁτὲ μὲν κρατούμεναι, ὁτὲ δὲ κρατοῦσαι καθάπερ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν σπερμάτων φυομένοις, πλὴν ἐνταῦθα ἡ ἔκστασις ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ χεῖρον, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐξειργασμένων καὶ ἡμερωμένων ἔχει τὴν ὁμοίωσιν.

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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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