# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.10.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.10.3

ἡ μὲν οὖν σκαπάνη πάντα ταῦτα συναπεργάζεται καὶ τὸ ὅλον ὠφελεῖ διὰ τὸ ἐξαιρεῖν τὰ παραιρούμενα· ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰ παραφυτευόμενα καὶ τὰ παρασπειρόμενα διὰ τοῦτο βλάπτει πάντα τὰ δὲ καὶ ὅλως ἀναιρεῖ πλὴν ὅσα γ᾽ ἐν φαρμάκου μέρει· λέγω δ᾽ ὡς οἱ τὰς κριθὰς ἐπισπείροντες τοῖς τῶν ἀμπέλων φυτοῖς ἢ εἴ τι ἄλλο ξηρὸν ὅπως τῆς ὑγρότητος τὸ πλῆθος ἀφαιρεθῇ, καὶ ὡς ταῖς ῥαφανίσι τοὺς ὀρόβους πρὸς τὸ μὴ κατεσθίεσθαι καὶ εἰ δή τι ἄλλο τοιοῦτον·

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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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