# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.20.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.20.3

μίσγειν δὲ καὶ τὴν γῆν τὴν ἐναντίαν οἷον τῇ βαρείᾳ τὴν κούφην καὶ τῇ κούφῃ τὴν βαρεῖαν καὶ τὴν λεπτὴν τῇ πιείρᾳ ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τὴν ἐρυθρὰν καὶ τὴν λευκὴν καὶ εἴ τις ἄλλη ἐναντιότης. οὐ γὰρ μόνον ἡ μίξις ἀποδίδωσι τὸ ἐλλεῖπον ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅλως σφοδροτέρας ποιεῖ καὶ ἐὰν ἡ τυχοῦσα ᾖ μίξις· οἷον ἐὰν τὴν ἀπειρηκυῖαν καὶ μὴ δυναμένην φέ- ρειν ἑτέρᾳ μίξῃς πάλιν φέρει καθαπερανεὶ καινὴ γεγενημένη, καὶ ἡ καθ᾽ αὑτὴν οὐ φέρουσα καθάπερ ἡ ἄργιλος ὅταν μιχθῇ ποιεῖ φορόν· ὥσπερ γὰρ κόπρος ἡ ἑτέρα τῇ ἑτέρᾳ γίνεται.

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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/.