# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.23.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 23. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.23.1

Σπείρειν δὲ κελεύουσιν οἱ μὲν πρὸ πλειάδος· ξηρὰν γὰρ ἄνικμόν τε οὖσαν διαφυλάττειν τὸ σπέρμα τὴν γῆν. οἱ δ᾽ ἅμα πλειάσι δυομέναις ὥσπερ καὶ Κλείδημος· ἐπιγίνεσθαι γὰρ ὕδατα τὰ πολλὰ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ μετὰ τὴν δύσιν. ἄριστον δὲ ἴσως καὶ ἀσφαλέ- στατον εἰς ὀργῶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐμβληθῆναι εὐλαβούμενον ὅπως μήτ᾽ ἐμβληθῇ πηλῷ μήθ᾽ εἰς ἡμιβρεχῆ καὶ ἡμίειλον ἣν δὴ καλοῦσί τινες ἀμφίεργον. ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὑγρὰ καὶ πηλώδης διαχεῖ καὶ ἐκγαλακτοῖ καὶ ἐὰν ξηρανθῇ συναλείφει καὶ οὐ διαδίδωσιν, ἡ δὲ ἡμιβρεχὴς κατασήπει· τοσοῦτον γὰρ ἔχει τὸ θερμὸν καὶ τὸ ὑγρὸν ὥστε κινῆσαι μὲν μὴ ἐκβιάσασθαι δὲ μηδ᾽ ἐκβλαστεῖν.

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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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