# Enquiry into Plants 1.10

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘEOΦPAΣTOΥ ΠEΡΙ ΦΥΤΩN ΙΣTOΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

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

Καὶ ταῦτα μὲν οἰκειότερα τῶν δένδρων. ὁ δὲ καυλός, ὥσπερ εἴρηται, κοινότερος· ἔχει δὲ οὐ πάντα οὐδὲ τοῦτον, οἷον ἔνια τῶν ποιωδῶν. τὰ δ᾿ ἔχει μὲν οὐκ ἀεὶ δὲ ἀλλ᾿ ἐπέτειον, καὶ ὅσα χρονιώτερα ταῖς ῥίζαις. ὅλως δὲ πολύχουν τὸ φυτὸν καὶ ποικίλον καὶ χαλεπὸν εἰπεῖν καθόλου· σημεῖον δὲ τὸ μηδὲν εἶναι κοινὸν λαβεῖν ὃ πᾶσιν ὑπάρχει, καθάπερ τοῖς ζώοις στόμα καὶ κοιλία.

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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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