# Enquiry into Plants 1.4-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/1.4-2

κατὰ πλείστους δὲ τρόπους ὡς εἰπεῖν ἡ ἐλάα βλαστάνει· καὶ γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ στελέχους καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πρέμνου κατακοπτομένου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ῥίζης καὶ ἀπὸ ῥάβδου καὶ χάρακος ὥσπερ εἴρηται. τῶν δ᾿ ἄλλων ὁ μύρρινος· καὶ γὰρ οὗτος ἀπὸ τῶν ξύλων καὶ τῶν πρέμνων φύεται. δεῖ δὲ καὶ τούτου καὶ τῆς ἐλάας τὰ ξύλα διαιρεῖν μὴ ἐλάττω σπιθαμιαίων καὶ τὸν φλοιὸν μὴ περιαιρεῖν. Τὰ μὲν οὖν δένδρα βλαστάνει καὶ γίνεται κατὰ τοὺς εἰρημένους τρόπους· αἱ γὰρ ἐμφυτεῖαι καὶ οἱ ἐνοφθαλμισμοὶ καθάπερ μίξεις τινές εἰσιν ἢ κατ᾿ ἄλλον τρόπον γενέσεις, περὶ ὦν ὕστερον λεκτέον.

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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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