# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.4.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.4.6

οὐ γὰρ οἷόν τε φῦναι μὴ γεώδους τινὸς ἐνυπάρχοντος ὥσπερ οὐδ᾽ ἐκ τῶν τοίχων τῶν λιθίνων ἐὰν μὴ τοιαύτη τις συρροὴ γένηται καὶ σῆψις ἐξ ἧς πέφυκε βλαστάνειν ἔτι δ᾽ ὕστερον ἐπιρροήν τινα λαμβάνῃ τῆς τροφῆς· οὕτω γὰρ αὐτῶν ἡ αὔξησις. ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν τοιαῦτα καὶ αὐτομάτως ἢ πάντα ἢ ἔνια γίνεται, τάχα δὲ καὶ σπερμάτων τινῶν καταρρυέντων ἅμα τῇ σήψει καὶ συστάσει· δάφνη δὲ καὶ εἴ τι τοιοῦτον ἕτερον ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν· εἰ δ᾽ ἄρα καὶ τοῦτο ἀπὸ σήψεώς τινος οὐδὲν διαφέρει πρὸς τὴν αἰτίαν.

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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/.