# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.18.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.18.2

ὁ δὲ σῖτος ἐν μὲν ταῖς ἀγαθαῖς συλλαμβάνει μὲν πλείω διὰ τὸ μὴ κατὰ βάθους εἶναι τὰς ῥίζας ἐν δὲ ταῖς μοχθηραῖς καὶ καταξηραίνεται διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν πολλάς· καταψύξεως δὲ δεῖται διὰ τὸ μὴ κατὰ βάθους εἶναι· ὅταν δὲ ἐπομβρίαι γένωνται οὐ πολὺς ὁ διασωζόμενος καὶ χείρων ἐστίν. ἐπεὶ καὶ οἱ τῶν δένδρων καρποὶ διὰ τὸ κρατεῖσθαι τῷ πλήθει τῆς τροφῆς ἐξίστανται τῶν γενῶν ὥσπερ ἐλέχθη πρότερον.

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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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