# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.9.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.9.1

Ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἀμφοῖν κοινά. νοσήματα δὲ τῶν ἀγρίων οὐ λέγεται, τῶν δ᾽ ἡμέρων λέγεται πλείω, τάχα δὲ καὶ ἔστι διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν ὧν τὰ μὲν ἀνώνυμα, τὰ δὲ ὠνομασμένα, καθάπερ ἡ ψώρα καὶ ὁ σφακελισμὸς καὶ ἀστρόβλητα καὶ σκωληκόβροτα γίνεσθαι. ἀστρόβλητα μὲν οὖν μάλιστα γίνεται τὰ φυτὰ καὶ οἱ μόσχοι διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν. συμβαίνει δὲ τὸ πάθος ὅταν ἡ γῆ ξηρανθῇ καὶ μὴ ἔχωσιν ἕλκειν ὑγρότητα, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ὑπὸ τὸ ἄστρον πλεῖστα·

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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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