# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.12.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.12.2

ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τἆλλα τὰ τούτοις ἀκόλουθα ποιεῖν. ὡς γὰρ ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν ἀληθὲς τὸ καὶ πρότερον λεχθὲν ὅτι δεῖ ταῖς ἐργασίαις τὴν μὲν ὑγρὰν ξηραίνειν τὴν δὲ ξηρὰν ὑγραίνειν· δι᾽ ὃ καὶ τοῦ ἔαρος κελεύουσιν ὡς βαθύτατα σκάπτειν ὅπως ὅτι πλεῖστον ἐγκαταμιχθὲν πνεῦμα παράσχῃ τροφήν. ὥσπερ γὰρ εἴρηται πολλάκις οὐκ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀέρος ἡ τροφή.

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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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