# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.13.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.13.3

τέμνειν δὲ τὰ μὲν ἐν τῇ χέρσῳ φυτευόμενα τῷ τρίτῳ ἔτει· θᾶττον γὰρ παραγίνεσθαι διὰ τὸ νεοργοτάτην εἶναι τὴν γῆν καὶ ἀκάρπωτον. τὰ δ᾽ ἐν τῇ γεωργουμένῃ ὀψιαίτερον. τὴν δ᾽ ἄμπελον ἄγειν δεῖ κύκλῳ περὶ τὸν πυθμένα· πανταχόθεν γὰρ ὁμαλοῦς οὔσης καλλίων καὶ εὐκαρποτέρα· τοῦτο δ᾽ οὐ χαλεπὸν ἐάν τις καταλίπῃ μὴ τὰ κάλλισθ᾽ ὡρμηκότα τῶν κλημάτων ἀλλὰ τὰ ἄριστα πεφυκότα πρὸς τὴν ἀγωγήν· ἀρκεῖ γὰρ εἷς ὀφθαλμὸς λειφθεὶς εἰς τὸ δέον. ἐὰν δέ τις ἀπορῇ καὶ τοῦτο διὰ τὸ τὴν ἄμπελον μὴ ὡρμηκέναι κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ τῶν λειφθέντων κλημάτων ἀφελεῖν τοὺς ἐντὸς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὅπως εἰς τοὺς ἔξω ῥέουσα ἡ τροφὴ σχίσῃ τὴν ἄμπελον· ἀεὶ γὰρ πρὸς τὸ ζῶν καὶ τὸ δεχόμενον ἡ ἐπιρροὴ, δι᾽ ὃ καθάπερ ἐλέχθη ῥᾴδιον ποιεῖν τὰς ἀγωγάς. τοῦτο δ᾽ ἐν ταῖς ἐνίκμοις καὶ ἀγαθαῖς· ἐν δὲ ταῖς αὐχμώδεσι καὶ ξηραῖς ἀνάγκη τὰ βέλτιστα λείπειν· ξηρὰ γὰρ οὖσα καὶ ὀλιγοτρόφος οὐ ῥᾳδίως ἕτερα προήσεται, δι᾽ ὃ συνακολουθητέον τῇ ὁρμῇ· χρὴ δὲ καὶ πρὸς τὰ πνεύματα τῇ αὐτῇ τομῇ χρῆσθαι καὶ μὴ βιάζεσθαι παρὰ φύσιν. τῶν μὲν οὖν φυτῶν τοιαύτας καὶ διὰ ταῦτα ποιοῦνται τὰς θεραπείας.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg002.local001/.