# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.9.12

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.9.12

τὴν δὲ ψώραν οἴονταί τινες γίνεσθαι καὶ ἄλλως οἷον ὅταν ὕδωρ ἐπὶ Πλειάδι γένηται μὴ πολὺ· τότε γὰρ ἀναζυμοῦται τὰ ἀναθερμαινόμενα καὶ δίεισιν ἔξω καθάπερ τὰ ἐξανθήματα· ἐὰν δὲ πολὺ γένηται, ἀποκλύζεται τὰ αἴτια, τάχα δὲ καὶ διαδίδωσιν εἰς τὰ ἐντὸς καὶ παύει· συμβαίνει δὲ τότε καὶ τὰ ἐρινὰ καὶ τοὺς ὀλύνθους ἀπορρεῖν· διϊκνεῖται γὰρ εἰς ταῦτα ἡ ὑγρότης· τῆς μὲν οὖν ψώρας ταῦτ᾽ αἴτια τῇ συκῇ λέγουσιν·

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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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