# Enquiry into Plants 1.7-5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/1.7-5

Ἀκριβεστέρα δὲ καὶ ἐλάττων ἡ καὶ τούτων ἐντομή· καὶ γὰρ ἡ συρροὴ τῆς ὑγρότητος ἐλάττων· ὧν δὲ καὶ ὁ καυλὸς ἐντέμνεται καὶ ἡ ῥίζα, τούτων ὁ καυλὸς πρότερον, ὥσπερ καὶ τοῦ σιλφίου, καὶ καλοῦσι δὲ τῶν ὀπῶν τούτων τὸν μὲν καυλίαν τὸν δὲ ῥιζίαν· καί ἐστι βελτίων ὁ ῥιζίας· καθαρὸς γὰρ καὶ διαφανὴς καὶ ξηρότερος. ὁ δὲ καυλίας ὑγρότερος· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἄλευρον αὐτῷ περιπάττουσι πρὸς τὴν πῆξιν. τὴν ὥραν τῆς ἐντομῆς ἴσασιν οἱ Λίβυες· οὗτοι γὰρ οἱ σίλφιον λέγοντες. ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ οἱ ῥιζοτόμοι καὶ οἱ τοὺς φαρμακώδεις ὀποὺς συλλέγοντες· καὶ γὰρ οὗτοι τοὺς καυλοὺς ὀπίζουσι πρότερον. ἁπλῶς δὲ πάντες καὶ οἱ τὰς ῥίζας καὶ οἱ τοὺς ὀποὺς συλλέγοντες τὴν οἰκείαν ὥραν ἑκάστων τηροῦσι. καὶ τοῦτο μὲν δὴ κοινόν.

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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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