# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.7.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.7.3

ἐὰν μὲν οὖν προσλάβῃ τὴν ἐκ τῆς χώρας δύναται κατεργασθῆναι καὶ εὐβλαστεῖν, εἰ δὲ μὴ κακοβλαστεῖ καὶ παρόμοιον τὸ ξυμβαῖνον ὥσπερ εἴ τις ὀλίγῳ πυρὶ τὸ ἰσχυρότατον κρέας ὀπτᾷν ἐπιχειροίη. διὰ τοῦτο δ᾽ ἔοικεν οὐδὲ τὴν ἀγαθὴν χώραν φιλεῖν ἀλλὰ τὴν ὕφαμμον· εὐθερμαντοτέρα γὰρ αὕτη καὶ οἷον εὐκατεργαστοτέρα. καὶ κρύπτεσθαι οὐκ ἐθέλει κατὰ βάθους ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιπολῆς ὅπως μᾶλλον ἀπολάβῃ τῆς θερμότητος τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀέρος καὶ μετέωρος ὢν ἐκβλαστάνῃ καὶ καθίῃ τὴν ῥίζαν.

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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/.