# Enquiry into Plants 1.1-8

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Θ, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/1.1-8

I. Περὶ μὲν οὖν τῶν ἄλλων ποιωδῶν ἱκανῶς εἰρήσθω· περὶ δὲ σίτου καὶ τῶν σιτωδῶν λέγωμεν ὁμοίως τοῖς πρότερον· τοῦτο γὰρ κατάλοιπον ἦν τῶν ποιωδῶν. Δύο δὲ αὐτοῦ γένη τὰ μέγιστα τυγχάνει· τὰ μὲν γὰρ σιτώδη, οἷον πυροὶ κριθαὶ τίφαι ζειαὶ τὰ ἄλλα τὰ ὁμοιόπυρα ἢ ὁμοιόκριθα· τὰ δὲ χεδροπά, οἷον κύαμος ἐρέβινθος πισὸς καὶ ὅλως τὰ ὄσπρια προσαγορευόμενα· τρίτον δὲ παρ᾿ αὐτὰ κέγχρος ἔλυμος σήσαμον καὶ ἀπλῶς τὰ ἐν τοῖς θερινοῖς ἀρότοις ἀνώνυμα κοινῇ προσηγορίᾳ.

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Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ed. Arthur Hort. 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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