# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 4.8.3

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 4, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/4.8.3

Δι' ὃ καὶ πυροὶ κριθῶν ὀψιαίτεροι καὶ ὀλιγοχούστεροι· καὶ αἱ ῥίζαι δὲ τῶν σιτηρῶν πολλαὶ καὶ κατὰ βάθους οὖσαι καρπίζονται μᾶλλον τὸ ἔδαφος, τῶν δὲ χεδροπῶν ὅ τε καρπὸς γεωδέστερος καὶ ἡ ῥίζα μία καὶ ἐπιπολῆς καὶ ἡ σπορὰ μανή. Πάντα δὲ ταῦτα συνεργεῖ καὶ πρὸς πλῆθος καρποῦ καὶ πρὸς κουφότητα τῆς γῆς καὶ τὸ (μὴ) ὁμοίως καρπίζεσθαι πρὸς ταχύτητα πέψεως. Ἅπασα γὰρ ἡ δύναμις ἄνω φερομένη καὶ οὐκ ἀντισπώσης τῆς ῥίζης πλῆθος ἀποδίδωσι καὶ συνεργοῦντος τοῦ ἀέρος ἐκπέττει ῥᾳδίως. Ἐπεὶ ὧν τε πλείων ἡ ῥίζα καὶ κατὰ βάθους καὶ οἱ καρποὶ ξυλώδεις τάχιστα ἐκκαρπίζεται τὰ ἐδάφη καθάπερ ὁ ἐρέβινθος δι' ὃ καὶ μόνος οὐ ποιεῖ νειὸν οὐδ' ἐστὶ τῆς τυχούσης χώρας ἀλλ' ἀγαθῆς.

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Theophrastus Phil., De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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