# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.8.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.8.2

καὶ γὰρ ἐκθρέψαι καὶ τελειῶσαι ῥᾷον τὸ ἀσθενέστερον ὥστε καὶ πολυκαρπεῖν καὶ τὴν γῆν ἧττον καρπίζεσθαι καὶ τὴν ἔκφυσιν δὲ τὴν πρώτην ῥᾴω καὶ θάττω ποιεῖσθαι. πλὴν εἴ τι κωλύεται διὰ τὴν ἰσχὺν τοῦ περιέχοντος ὥσπερ ὁ κύαμος· αἰτία γὰρ τούτῳ τῆς δυσφυΐας ἡ τοῦ κελύφους παχύτης· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἐφύσῃ σπαρέντι δυσφυέστερον ἔτι καθάπερ ἐδαφιζομένης τῆς γῆς. ἐν δὲ τοῖς σιτηροῖς καὶ ταῦθ᾽ ὁμολογούμενα πρός τε τὴν χρονιότητα τῆς πέψεως καὶ πρὸς τὸν καρπισμὸν τῆς γῆς οἷον ἥ τε πολυρριζία καὶ ἡ γλισχρότης τῶν καρπῶν· βραδέως γὰρ τὰ γλίσχρα καὶ καθαρὰ καὶ ἐν τοῖς δένδροις πεπαίνεται.

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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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