# Enquiry into Plants 6.1-8

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Θ, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/6.1-8

VI. Σπείρειν δὲ ξυμφέρει πάντα μάλιστα μὲν ἐν τοῖς ὡραίοις ἀρότοις· οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν ξηρᾷ τινες καταβάλλουσι καὶ οὐχ ἥκιστα πυροὺς καὶ κριθὰς ὡς μάλιστα αὐταρκεῖν δυνάμενα, ὅπου μὴ ὄρνισιν ἢ ἄλλοις θηρίοις ἐπισινὴς ἡ χώρα. δοκεῖ γὰρ ὡς ἐπὶ πᾶν ὁ πρῶτος ἄροτος ἀμείνων εἶναι, χείριστος δὲ σπόρος ἐν ταῖς ἡμιβρόχοις· ἀπόλλυται γὰρ καὶ ἐκγαλακτοῦται τὰ σπέρματα, καὶ ἅμα ξυμβαίνει πόαν ἀναφύεσθαι πολλήν. μετὰ δὲ τὴν σπορὰν ὕδωρ ἐπιγίνεσθαι πᾶσι ξυμφέρει. πλὴν ὅσα δυσβλαστῆ γίνεται μᾶλλον, ὥσπερ ὅ τε κύαμος δοκεῖ καὶ τῶν θερινῶν σήσαμον καὶ κύμινον καὶ ἐρύσιμον.

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Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ed. Arthur Hort. 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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