# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.14.8

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.14.8

ὅταν δὲ βλαστάνῃ περιαιρεῖν τὰ ἄλλα πάντα πλὴν ὅσα καρπὸν ἔχει, τούτων δ’ ἐπικνίζειν τὰς κορυφὰς ἐν αὐταῖς ταῖς οἰνάνθαις ἵνα μήθ᾽ ἡ ἄμπελος εἰς τοῦτο τὸ κλῆμα ἀφίῃ τὴν αὔξησιν ὅπερ ἀποτέμνεται ἥ τε περιοῦσα τροφὴ σνειληθεῖσα ἐπὶ ταῖς οἰνάνθαις αὔξῃ τὸν βότρυν. ἀεὶ γὰρ δεῖ τοῦτο ζητεῖν ἐκ τῆς τομῆς ὅπως ἥ τε ἄμπελος ἰσχύσει καὶ ὁ καρπὸς ἔσται πολύς. αὕτη μὲν δὴ καθόλου τίς ἐστι κοινὴ πάσαις.

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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/.