# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.4.4

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.4.4

τούτῳ δὲ ὅμοιον τρόπον τινὰ τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς σκίλλης καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν ἔξω βλαστανόντων· ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐκ τῶν ξύλων ἐκφυόμενα καὶ μάλιστα ἐκ τῶν ἐλατίνων ἃ καλοῦσιν οἱ μάντεις εἰλειθυίας· ἀνειμένου γὰρ ὄντος καὶ μαλακοῦ τοῦ ἀέρος ἐκφύεται μάλιστα ὁπότε ἡ ἐνυπάρχουσα ὑγρότης συρρυεῖσα καὶ ἡ ἔξωθεν προσπίπτουσα συνεπάγη καὶ ἐποίησεν οἷον σφαιροειδές. ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ὅσα ἰδίει τῶν ξύλων· καὶ γὰρ ταῦτα νοτίου καὶ ὑγροῦ τοῦ ἀέρος ὄντος τουτὶ πάσχει καὶ οὐ πάντα, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν οἷς ἐστι λιπαρότης οἷον κέδρου κυπαρίττου ἐλάας, ἃ δὴ καὶ σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα νομίζουσιν.

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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/.