# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.6.2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.6.2

ἡ δ᾽ ὁλκὴ τῆς νοτίδος, ἐξ ἧς ἡ τροφὴ καὶ ἐπίδοσις οὐκ ἄλογος ὥσπερ τοῦ ἄρου καὶ ἑτέρων ὥσπερ πρότερον εἴπομεν. ὁμοίως δὲ τοῦτο συμβαίνει καὶ ἐν τοῖς λαχάνοις, ἐφ᾽ ὧν παχύνουσι τὰς ῥίζας τῶν μὲν ἀφαιροῦντες τὰ φύλλα, καθάπερ τῆς ῥαφανίδος, ὅταν μάλιστα ἀκμάζωσι τοῦ χειμῶνος, καὶ κατασάττοντες τὴν γῆν ὥστε καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ ἀποστέγειν. ἐν γὰρ τῷ θέρει γίνονται θαυμασταὶ τῷ πάχει.

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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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