# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.6.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.6.1

Τὰ δὲ τῶν καρπῶν μεγέθη τῶν κατορυττομένων ἐν ταῖς χύτραις ὅταν κατάγωσι τοὺς ἀκρεμόνας, οἷον ῥοῶν καὶ μήλων εὐλόγως γίνεται. τό τε γὰρ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου καὶ τοῦ ἀέρος ἀφαιρούμενον ἡ χύτρα κωλύει ἀποστέγουσα καὶ ἅμα τὴν ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἕλκει νοτίδα δι᾽ ἧς τρέφεται· τὴν γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ δένδρου ἐπιρροὴν οὐκ εὔλογον γίνεσθαι πάρωρον οὖσαν ἢ βραχεῖάν τινα πάμπαν, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ὁ μὲν κόκκος οὐδὲν μείζων τῆς ῥόας γίνεται, τὸ δὲ σίδιον παχύτερον ὡς οὐ διικνουμένης εἰς ἐκεῖνον τῆς τροφῆς· ἔοικε γὰρ ὁ οἰκεῖος χυλὸς τῇ φυσικῇ δυνάμει πάντων γίνεσθαι καὶ πεπαίνεσθαι, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ τὰ μῆλα χείρω καὶ ἀχυλότερα γίνεται· τὸ δὲ σίδιον καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἔξωθεν λαμβάνει τὴν αὔξησιν ὡς ἀλλοτριώτερον τῆς φύσεως.

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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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