# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.6.8

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.6.8

τὴν γοῦν λειμωνίαν καὶ ἔφυδρον σχεδὸν οἱ πλείους ὁμολογοῦσιν ἀγαθὴν εἶναι ταῖς ἀμπέλοις ὥσπερ καὶ τὴν εὔγειον ἐλάαις καὶ συκαῖς· αἱ μὲν γὰρ ὑγροτέρας δέονται καὶ μαλακωτέρας τροφῆς αἱ δὲ ξηροτέρας καὶ σωματωδεστέρας. ὅλως δ᾽ αἰεὶ τὰ μὲν ξηρὰ ξηρὰν ζητεῖ χώραν τὰ δὲ ὑγρὰ ὑγράν. ὡς δ᾽ ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν ἀρίστη πᾶσιν ἡ μανὴ καὶ κούφη καὶ ἔνικμος, εὐτραφὴς γὰρ μάλιστα καὶ εὐαυξὴς, εἰ μὴ ὅσα διὰ τὴν ἰσχὺν λαμβάνοντα πλῆθος τροφῆς ἐξυβρίζει καθάπερ ἡ ἀμυγδαλῆ. ταύτῃ γὰρ ἡ λεπτόγειος οἰκειοτέρα καὶ τόπος εὐδιεινὸς καὶ εὔειλος ἐναντίως δὲ τῇ εὐβοϊκῇ παλίσκιος καὶ δροσερός.

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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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