# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.3.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.3.6

ἁπλῶς δ᾽ ὥσπερ ἐλέχθη μικράν τινα χρὴ νομίζειν ἐν τούτοις εἶναι τὴν μεταβολὴν ὅπου μὴ ἡ χώρα μεταβάλλει· τὰ δὲ τοιαῦτα χρόνῳ γίγνεται καὶ οὐκ ἐπέτεια καθάπερ οὐδὲ τὰ ἡμερούμενα καὶ ἀγριούμενα. μέγα δ᾽ οὖν πρὸς πίστιν τῆς μεταβολῆς τῆς παρὰ τὰς χώρας καὶ ὅτι θεραπεῖαί τινες τῶν ῥιζῶν καὶ τῆς τροφῆς ποιοῦσι μεταβολὰς, ἀλλὰ τὸ οὕτως ἐν βραχεῖ χρόνῳ καὶ ταχέως ἄπιστον εἰ μή τις ἄμφω ταῦτα συνθήσει καὶ τὸν χρόνον λανθάνειν καὶ τὴν μεταβολὴν εἶναι βραχεῖαν·

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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/.