# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.20.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.20.6

ὡς δὲ κοινῇ καὶ καθόλου πᾶσιν εἰπεῖν μέγιστον μὲν καὶ πρῶτόν ἐστι τὴν σπορευτὴν χώραν κατειργάσθαι καλῶς· εἰς διειργασμένην γὰρ καλῶς πεσὸν τὸ σπέρμα καλῶς ἐκφύεται διημερωθείσης τῆς γῆς. εἶθ’ ἡ κόπρισις καὶ ἡ ἄλλη θεραπεία μετὰ ταῦτα διαβεβλαστηκότων ἤδη, οἷον σκάλσις καὶ ποασμός.

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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/.