# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.20.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.20.7

ἡ δὲ κατεργασία ἐν τῷ νεᾷν κατ᾽ ἀμφοτέρας τὰς ὥρας καὶ θέρους καὶ χειμῶνος ὅπως χειμασθῇ καὶ ἡλιωθῇ ἡ γῆ καθάπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς φυτείας ἐλέχθη. πολλάκις γὰρ μεταβληθεῖσα μανὴ καὶ κούφη καὶ καθαρὰ γίνεται τῆς ὕλης ὥστε ῥᾳδίως ἐκτρέφειν. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο κελεύουσιν οὐδὲ τὰ χεδροπὰ συμβάλλειν εἰς τὰς νέας ἐὰν μή τι σφόδρα πρώϊον ὅπως μὴ κωλύσωσι τὴν θερινὴν νέανσιν· ἀγαθὴν γὰρ οἴονται τὴν χιόνα ταῖς χειμεριναῖς νέαις καὶ οὐχ ἧττον τὴν πάχνην εἶναι· διεσθίειν γὰρ καὶ μανοῦν τὴν γῆν.

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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/.