# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.9.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.9.9

ἐξ ὑπερβολῆς δὲ διὰ τὴν ἐπομβρίαν. τότε γὰρ διὰ τὴν ἀτροφίαν — ἀτροφεῖ γὰρ τὸ μὴ κρατοῦν μηδὲ πέττον — ἐκλευκαίνεταί τε καὶ ἀπόλλυται τὰ δένδρα, καθάπερ ὁ σῖτος· ἐνίοτε δὲ οὐκ ἀπόλλυται μὲν, εἰς δὲ τὴν καρπογονίαν νοσοῦσιν· ἀκαρπεῖ γὰρ τὸ μὴ πέττον μηδὲ κρατοῦν. τῇ δὲ συκῇ καὶ νόσημά τι συμβαίνει περὶ τὰς ῥίζας, ὃ καλοῦσι λοπᾷν· τοῦτο δ᾽ οἷον μάδισίς τίς ἐστι τῶν ῥιζῶν καὶ τῶν μικρὸν ἐπάνω διὰ τὴν πολυϋδρίαν.

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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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