# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.20.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.20.9

συμβαίνει δὲ τοῖς εἰς ταῦτα πονήσασιν ἧττον ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις κακοπαθεῖν· ὅσοι δ᾽ ἂν μαλακωτέρως, ἀναγκάζονται πολλάκις καὶ σκάλλειν καὶ βοτανίζειν ἅτε πολλῆς πόας ἐκφυομένης. οὕτω γὰρ ἀπόλλυται τὰ σπέρματα, προτερεῖ δὲ τοῦ σίτου διά τε τὴν ἰσχὺν καὶ τὸ προϋπάρχειν· ἐπεὶ πρότερον αὐξηθέντος τοῦ σίτου πολλὰ καταπνίγεται καὶ ἀπόλλυται καὶ τὸ ὅλον οὐχ ὁμοίως βλάπτει τὰ σπέρματα.

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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/.