# Enquiry into Plants 1.9-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/1.9-2

Ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἴδια τῆς ἐλάτης, τὰ δὲ κοινὰ καὶ πεύκης καὶ ἐλάτης καὶ τῶν ἄλλων. ἔστι γὰρ ἡ μὲν τετράξοος ἡ δὲ δίξοος. καλοῦσι δὲ τετραξόους μὲν ὅσαις ἐφ’ ἑκάτερα τῆς ἐντεριώνης δύο κτηδόνες εἰσὶν ἐναντίαν ἔχουσαι τὴν φύσιν· ἔπειτα καθ' ἑκατέραν τὴν κτηδόνα ποιοῦνται τὴν πελέκησιν ἐναντίας τὰς πληγὰς κατὰ κτηδόνα φέροντες, ὅταν ἐφ’ ἑκάτερα τῆς ἐντεριώνης ἡ πελέκησις ἀναστρέφῃ. τοῦτο γὰρ ἐξ ἀνάγκης συμβαίνει διὰ τὴν φύσιν τῶν κτηδόνων. τὰς δὲ τοιαύτας ἐλάτας καὶ πεύκας τετραξόους καλοῦσι. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ πρὸς τὰς ἐργασίας αὗται κάλλισται· πυκνότατα γὰρ ἔχουσι τὰ ξύλα καὶ τὰς αἰγίδας αὖται φύουσιν.

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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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