# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.4.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.4.1

Ἐπεὶ δὲ ὑπόκειται τὴν γῆν ἔνικμόν τε δεῖν καὶ εὐδίοδον εἶναι ταῖς ῥίζαις ὅπως εὐμήκεις καὶ παχεῖαι καὶ ἰσχυραὶ γίνωνται διὰ ταῦτα δεῖ τοὺς γύρους προορύττειν ἐκ πολλῶν μάλιστα δὲ ἐνιαυτῷ πρότερον ὅπως ἡ γῆ καὶ ἡλιωθῇ καὶ χειμασθῇ καθ᾽ ἑκατέραν τὴν ὥραν. ἄμφω γὰρ ταῦτα ποιεῖ μανὴν καὶ χαύνην. ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ διορίζουσι τοὺς χρόνους· ἀπὸ γὰρ τροπῶν θερινῶν μέχρι ἀρκτούρου· τότε γὰρ τήν τε γῆν διαχεῖσθαι μάλιστα καὶ τὴν ἔξω καὶ τὴν ἐν τοῖς γύροις καὶ βλαστάνειν ὅλως οὐδὲν. φυτεύουσι δὲ τὴν μετοπωρινὴν φυτείαν μετὰ πλειάδος δύσιν δεξάμενοι τὸ ἐπὶ τῷ ἄστρῳ ὕδωρ ὅπως ἔνικμος ἡ γῆ γενομένη παρέχῃ τροφήν.

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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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