# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.4.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.4.1

Ἐπεῖ δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐδάφη μεγάλας ἔχει διαφορὰς λεκτέον καὶ περὶ τούτων, καὶ γὰρ αὐτὰ τῆς φύσεως ἐστιν. ἀβλαστῆ δὲ δι᾽ ἄμφω γίνεται καὶ διὰ τὸν ἀέρα καὶ διὰ τὴν γῆν πολλάκις· ὁτὲ μὲν γὰρ τὰ κάτω χρηστότατα τὰ δ᾽ ὑπὲρ γῆς φαῦλα ὁτὲ δὲ ὁ μὲν ἀὴρ εὔτροφος τὰ δὲ τῆς γῆς φαῦλα καθάπερ ὅταν ἀμμώδης ἢ κεραμὶς ἢ κατακεκαυμένη τις τυγχάνῃ· ῥίζωσιν γὰρ καὶ τροφὴν οὐδεμία τῶν τοιούτων ἔχει. καὶ σχεδὸν αἱ μὲν ἀβλαστεῖς εἰσιν αὗται καὶ εἴ τις ἄρα δίυγρος ὅλως ἢ πηλώδης.

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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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