# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.12.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.12.1

Ὅτι δὲ τὰ μὲν ἐν ταῖς ῥίζαις τὰ δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς καυλοῖς τὰς δυνάμεις ἔχει ταύτας ἐκείνην χρὴ τὴν αἰτίαν ὑπολαβεῖν τὴν μικρῷ πρότερον λεχθεῖσαν ὡς ἡ φύσις ἑκατέρων σύμμετρος εἰς τὴν δύναμιν ἔνθα μὲν ὑγρὸν ἱκανὸν ἔνθα δὲ ἔλαττον ἔχουσα καὶ ξηρὸν ὡσαύτως, ἔτι δ᾽ ὡς ἡ οὐσία μᾶλλον ἐφ᾽ ἑκάτερα ῥέπει. καὶ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῆς αὐξήσεως καὶ τοῦ μεγέθους τοῦτ᾽ ἐστί· τὰ μὲν ἐν τοῖς ἄνω τὰ δ᾽ ἐν ταῖς ῥίζαις ἔχει μᾶλλον. οἱ μὲν γὰρ σίκυοι καὶ κολοκύνται καὶ ἄλλ᾽ ἄττα πλείω τὰ ἄνω μείζω ῥίζαν δὲ μικρὰν ἔχουσι, σκίλλα δὲ καὶ βολβὸς καὶ ἁπλῶς τὰ κεφαλόρριζα τὰ μὲν ἄνω λεπτὰ καὶ ἀσθενῆ τὰς δὲ ῥίζας μεγάλας καὶ σαρκώδεις.

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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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