# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.7.7

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.7.7

τοῦτο δὲ ξυμβαίνει δι᾽ ὅτι τοῖς μέρεσιν ἄριστα πέφυκε καὶ ἔτι προσεπιβλαστάνει κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτόν· ἐπεὶ καὶ εἴ τις ἀεὶ βούλεται κολούειν τὰ ἄνω πρὸς τὰς ῥίζας ἡ τροφὴ πᾶσα φέρεται κἀκεῖναι λαμβάνουσιν αὔξησιν ὥστε συνταρροῦσθαι τὰ χωρία, καὶ τέλος ἀναυξῆ γίνεται τὰ ἄνω πάσης ἐνταῦθ᾽ ὡρμηκυίας τῆς τροφῆς· οἷον γὰρ ἤδη φύσις γέγονε χρονισθέντων. ἡ μὲν οὖν ἄμπελος ἀεὶ τὴν τομὴν ἐπιζητεῖ κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸν διὰ τὸ εὐαυξὲς τὰ δὲ ἄλλα τὰ μὲν παρ᾽ ἔτος τὰ δὲ διὰ τετραετίας, οὐδὲν γὰρ οὕτως εὐαυξές·

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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/.