# Enquiry into Plants 10.2-6

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, I, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/10.2-6

Ἀναιρεῖν δὲ τὸν μὲν μέλανα καὶ ἵππους καὶ βοῦς καὶ ὗς, δι᾿ ὃ καὶ οὐδὲν νέμεσθαι τούτων· τὸν δὲ λευκὸν νέμεσθαι τὰ πρόβατα καὶ ἐκ τούτου πρῶτον συνοφθῆναι τὴν δύναμιν καθαιρομένων ἐκείνων· ὡραῖος δὲ μετοπώρου, τοῦ δ᾿ ἦρος ἄωρος· ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὴν πυλαίαν οἱ ἐκ τῆς Οἴτης συλλέγουσι· πλεῖστος γὰρ ἐνταῦθα φύεται καὶ ἄριστος· μοναχοῦ δὲ φύεται τῆς Οἴτης περὶ τὴν Πυράν. Μίσγεται δὲ πρὸς τὴν πόσιν, ὅπως εὐεμὲς ᾖ, τὸ τῆς ἐλλεβορίνης σπέρμα· τοῦτο δ᾿ ἐστὶ ποάριον.

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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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