# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.21.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.21.3

ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν χεδροπῶν. ἡ μὲν γὰρ γλίσχρα καὶ μελάγγεως ἐρέβινθον ἡ δὲ κούφη κύαμον φέρει καλλίω, σύμμετρα γὰρ ἑκατέρῳ τὰ τῆς τροφῆς. καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ἀεὶ πρὸς τὰ τῆς τροφῆς ἀνακτέον συμπαραλαμβάνοντα καὶ τὰ τοῦ ἀέρος. ἡ γὰρ εὔειλος καὶ ἁπλῶς ἡ εὐδιείνη τὰ ἀσθενέστερα ἐκφέρει μᾶλλον ἡ δ᾽ ἐναντία τὰ ἰσχυρά. καὶ ἡ ἀνύφαμμος δὲ καὶ πηλώδης τὰ ὀλιγότροφα καὶ ξηρὰ καθάπερ τὴν ἀχιλληΐδα· καὶ γὰρ λευκαίνει μᾶλλον ἐκπέττουσα τὰς τροφάς· καὶ φέρει δὲ καὶ τεράμονα τὰ ξηρὰ καὶ τὰ πρόσειλα, πέττει γὰρ ὁ ἥλιος μᾶλλον, ἐν δὲ τοῖς εὐγείοις καὶ πίοσιν οὐχ ὁμοίως.

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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.
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