# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.20.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.20.4

δι᾽ ὃ ταῦτα ποιοῦσι Μεγαρεῖς καὶ δι᾽ ἐτῶν πέντε ἢ ἓξ σκάπτοντες βαθεῖαν ἀναβάλλουσι τὴν κάτωθεν ἐφ᾽ ὅσον διϊκνεῖται τὸ ὕδωρ ἵνα καινὴν ποιῶσιν· ἡ γὰρ τρόφιμος ἀεὶ καταρρεῖ ὑπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος. σπείρειν δὲ κελεύουσι τὴν ξηρὰν καὶ τὴν θερμὴν πρὸ τῶν ὑδάτων ὅπως λαμβάνουσα πλῆθος ὕδατος ἐκτρέφειν δύνηται. καὶ τὴν δ᾽ ἐπομβρίαν ὡσαύτως ἵνα τὰ σπέρματα λαμβάνωσι καὶ βλαστόντα καὶ αὐξηθέντα θερμῇ τῇ γῇ δυνατώτερα δέχηται τὸν ὄμβρον· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἐν ξηρᾷ προεργασάμενον τὴν γῆν ὀψὲ ποιεῖσθαι τὸν σπόρον.

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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/.