# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.15.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.15.1

Ὥραν δὲ τῆς ἀμπελουργίας οἱ μὲν ταῖς χώραις μόνον διαιροῦσιν οἱ δὲ καὶ τῶν γενῶν ἐφάπτονκελεύουσι ται. δὲ τὰς μὲν ἐν τῇ ξηρᾷ καὶ θερμῇ πρωΐας ἀμπελουργεῖν ὅταν τάχιστα παύσωνται φυλλοβολοῦσαι, τὰς δ᾽ ἐν τῇ ψυχρᾷ καὶ ἐπόμβρῳ μικρὸν πρὸ τῆς βλαστήσεως. αἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐν τῇ ξηρᾷ διασώζουσαι τὸ ὑγρὸν αὐταί τε βελτίους γίγνονται καὶ ὁ καρπὸς ἡδυοινότερος, αἱ δὲ ἐν τῇ ψυχρᾷ μεθεῖσαι τὸ ὕδωρ αὐταὶ μὲν οὐδὲν χείρους ὁ δὲ καρπὸς ἀσηπτότερος καὶ ἡδυοινότερος. τὰς δ᾽ ἐν τῇ μέσῃ καὶ εὐκράτῳ κατὰ τὸ μέσον τῶν ὡρῶν.

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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/.