# Enquiry into Plants 1.12-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/1.12-2

ἔστι δὲ ὅλα μὲν τὰ τοιαῦτα ἰσχυρὰ τμηθέντα δὲ ἀσθενῆ διὰ τὸ πολλὰς ἔχειν παραλλαγάς. καλοῦσι δὲ οἱ τέκτονες ἐπίτομα ταῦτα διὰ τὸ πρὸς τὴν χρείαν οὕτω τέμνειν. ὅλως δὲ χείρω τὰ ἐκ τῶν ἐφύγρων καὶ εὐδιεινῶν καὶ παλισκίων καὶ συνηρεφῶν καὶ πρὸς τὴν τεκτονικὴν χρείαν καὶ πρὸς τὴν πυρευτικήν. αἱ μὲν οὖν τοιαῦται διαφοραὶ πρὸς τοὺς τόπους εἰσὶν αὐτῶν τῶν ὁμογενῶν ὥς γε ἀπλῶς εἰπεῖν.

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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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