# Enquiry into Plants 1.6-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/1.6-4

Διαφέρει δὲ πρὸς τὸ θᾶττον καὶ βραδύτερον καὶ ἡ τῶν σπερμάτων παλαιότης. τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἀπὸ νέων παραγίνεται θᾶττον, οἷον πράσον γήθυον σίκυος κολοκύντη· ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ προβρέχουσι τὸν σίκυον πρὸς τὸ θᾶττον ἢ ἐν γάλακτι ἢ ἐν ὕδατι. τὰ δ᾿ ἀπὸ παλαιῶν, οἷον σέλινον τεύτλιον κάρδαμον θύμβρα κορίαννον ὀρίγανον· εἴπερ μὴ αὐτὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ νέου, καθάπερ εἴπομεν. ἴδιον δέ φασιν ἐπὶ τοῦ τευτλίου συμβαίνειν· οὐ γὰρ διαφύεσθαι πᾶν εὐθὺς ἀλλ᾿ ὕστερον πολλῷ. τὸ δὲ καὶ τῷ ἐχομένῳ ἔτει καὶ τῷ τρίτῳ, δι᾿ ὃ καὶ ἐκ πολλοῦ σπέρματος ὀλίγον βλαστάνειν.

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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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