σῖτον ἐν πηλῷ φύτευε, τὴν δὲ κριθὴν ἐν κόνει;πότερον, ὡς εἰρήκαμεν, ὁ μὲν δύναται πλείονος τροφῆς κατακρατεῖν ἡ δ᾽ οὐ φέρει τὸ πολὺ καὶ κατακλύζον, ἢ πυκνὸς ὢν ὁ πυρὸς καὶ ξυλώδης φύεται βέλτιον ἐν ὑγρῷ μαλαττόμενος καὶ χυλούμενος, τῇ
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δεῖται τὰ δ᾽ ἀσθενῆ λεπτῆς καὶ ἐλαφρᾶς,: ἀσθενέστερον
δ᾽ ἡ κριθὴ καὶ μανότερον: ὅθεν οὐ φέρει τὴν πολλὴν τροφὴν καὶ βαρεῖαν; μαρτυρεῖ δὲ τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ πυροῦ τὸν τρίμηνον ἐν τοῖς ὑποξήροις φύεσθαι βέλτιον, ἀνοτώτερον ὄντα καὶ τροφῆς ἐλάττονος
δεόμενον: διὸ καὶ συντελεῖται τάχιον.
διὰ τί λέγεται
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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