# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.19.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.19.1

Ἔχει δὲ ὁμοίως καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν στεφανωματικῶν καὶ ὅλως τῶν φρυγανικῶν σχεδὸν δὲ καὶ τῶν λαχανηρῶν. τὰ μὲν γάρ ἐστι κοινὰ πᾶσιν οἷον ὕδρευσις κόπρισις ἡ τοῦ ἐδάφους ἐργασία τὰ δὲ ἴδια καθ᾽ ἕκαστον γένος οἷον ἡ διακάθαρσις· καὶ γὰρ ὁ ἕρπυλλος αὐαίνεται μὴ διακαθαιρόμενος καὶ τὸ σισύμβριον καὶ τἆλλα. τὰς δὲ δὴ ῥοδωνίας οὐ κατακόπτουσι μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπικάουσιν· ἀνανθεῖς γὰρ γίνονται καὶ ἐκλοχμοῦνται μὴ τοῦτο πάσχουσαι δι᾽ εὐτροφίαν.

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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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