# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.8.3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.8.3

δι᾽ ὃ καὶ πυροὶ κριθῶν ὀψιαίτεροι καὶ ὀλιγοχούστεροι· καὶ αἱ ῥίζαι δὲ τῶν σιτηρῶν πολλαὶ καὶ κατὰ βάθους οὖσαι καρπίζονται μᾶλλον τὸ ἔδαφος, τῶν δὲ χεδροπῶν ὅ τε καρπὸς γεωδέστερος καὶ ἡ ῥίζα μία καὶ ἐπιπολῆς καὶ ἡ σπορὰ μανή. πάντα δὲ ταῦτα συνεργεῖ καὶ πρὸς πλῆθος καρποῦ καὶ πρὸς κουφότητα τῆς γῆς καὶ τὸ μὴ ὁμοίως καρπίζεσθαι πρὸς ταχύτητα πέψεως. ἅπασα γὰρ ἡ δύναμις ἄνω φερομένη καὶ οὐκ ἀντισπώσης τῆς ῥίζης πλῆθος ἀποδίδωσι καὶ συνεργοῦντος τοῦ ἀέρος ἐκπέττει ῥᾳδίως. ἐπεὶ ὧν τε πλείων ἡ ῥίζα καὶ κατὰ βάθους καὶ οἱ καρποὶ ξυλώδεις τάχιστα ἐκκαρπίζεται τὰ ἐδάφη καθάπερ ὁ ἐρέβινθος δι᾽ ὃ καὶ μόνος οὐ ποιεῖ νειὸν οὐδ᾽ ἐστὶ τῆς τυχούσης χώρας ἀλλ᾽ ἀγαθῆς.

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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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