# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.6.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.6.9

ποιεῖ δὲ μεγάλας καὶ τὰς ῥίζας καὶ τὰς βλάστας καὶ ἐὰν πλείω τις εἰς ταὐτὸ σπέρματα ξυνδήσας εἰς ὀθόνιον φυτεύσῃ, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ἐπί τινων τοῦτο ποιοῦσι, καθάπερ ἐπὶ τοῦ πράσου καὶ σελίνου καὶ ἑτέρων· ἰσχύει γὰρ τὰ πλείω δῆλον ὅτι μᾶλλον καὶ ἐξ ἁπάντων γίνεται μία τις φύσις. ἔνια δὲ κατὰ τὴν τῆς σπορᾶς ὥραν λαμβάνει μορφὴν ἀλλοίαν, οἷον ἡ γογγυλὶς ἂν εὐθύς τις ἐπὶ τῆς ἅλω φυτεύσῃ πλατεῖα γίνεται· οὕτω δ᾽ ἧττον ῥιζοῦται καὶ διευρύνεται μᾶλλον.

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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/.