# Περὶ πυρός 7.56

Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-3/7.56

ὅμοιον δὲ καὶ οὐχ ἧττον ἴσως οἰκεῖον τὸ ἐπὶ τῶν φυτῶν· καὶ γὰρ τούτων ἡ αὔξησις εἰς λεπτὸν ἀνήκει καὶ εἰς ὀξὺ τῇ τοῦ θερμοῦ φορᾷ γινομένη μέχρις ὅταν ἀρχὰς ἑτέρας ἐν αὑτοῖς λαβόντα ποιήσηται τὴν τῶν ὄζων καὶ κλάδων ἔκφυσιν. εἰ δ᾽ ἄρα καὶ τὸ περιέχον κωλύει τι καὶ ἀφαιρεῖται καθάπερ εἰκὸς, οὐχ ᾗ κινούμενον ἀλλ᾽ ᾗ ψυχρὸν τοῦτο δρᾷ. πλεῖον δ᾽ ἀφαιρεῖται καὶ μᾶλλον ἐνισχύει δηλονότι τοῦ ἀσθενεστέρου καὶ πορρωτέρω διατεινομένου. καὶ περὶ μὲν τοῦ σχήματος ἱκανῶς

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Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, 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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