# Enquiry into Plants 1.10-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/1.10-2

αἱ δίξοοι δὲ κτηδόνα μὲν ἔχουσι μίαν ἐφ’ ἑκάτερα τῆς ἐντεριώνης, ταύτας δὲ ἐναντίας ἀλλήλαις, ὥστε καὶ τὴν πελέκησιν εἶναι διπλῆν, μίαν καθ’ ἑκατέραν κτηδόνα ταῖς πληγαῖς ἐναντίαις· ἁπαλώτατα μὲν οὖν ταῦτά φασιν ἔχειν τὰ ξύλα, χείριστα δὲ πρὸς τὰς ἐργασίας· διαστρίφεται γὰρ μάλιστα. μονοξόους δὲ καλοῦσι τὰς ἐχούσας μίαν μόνον κτηδόνα· τὴν δὲ πελέκησιν αὐτῶν γίνεσθαι τὴν αὐτὴν ἐφ’ ἑκάτερα τῆς ἐντεριώνης· φασὶ δὲ μανότατα μὲν ἔχειν τῇ φύσει τὰ ξύλα ταῦτα πρὸς δὲ τὰς διαστροφὰς ἀσφαλέστατα.

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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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