# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.9.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.9.6

οἴονται δέ τινες καὶ τὸν σφακελισμὸν ἀπὸ τῶν πληγῶν καὶ τῶν ἔξωθεν γίνεσθαι τραυμάτων καθάπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων· μετενεχθῆναι γὰρ τοὔνομα κατὰ τὴν ὁμοιότητα τοῦ πάθους. οὐ μὴν ἔοικεν ἀληθὲς οὐδὲ τοῦτ᾽ ἐπὶ πάντων εἴπερ ὁ ἐρέβινθος ἀπόλλυται σφακελίσας ὅταν ἀνθοῦσιν ὕδωρ ἐπιγινόμενον ἀποκλύσῃ τὴν ἅλμην· τὸ γὰρ ἔφαλμα οἷον σφακελίζειν ἐστίν· φαίνεται δὲ καὶ ἄλλα χωρὶς πληγῆς πάσχειν τοῦτο τὸ πάθος.

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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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