# Enquiry into Plants 11.2-5

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Θ, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/11.2-5

Γίνεται δὴ φθειρομένοις σπέρμασι ἴδια ζῶα, καθάπερ ἐλέχθη, πλὴν ἐρεβίνθου· μόνος γὰρ οὗτος οὐ ζωογονεῖ. καὶ σηπομένοις μὲν πᾶσι σκώληξ κοπτομένοις δὲ καθ᾿ ἕκαστον ἴδιον. πάντων δὲ μάλιστα διαμένουσιν ἐρέβινθος καὶ ὄροβος, τούτων δ᾿ ἔτι μᾶλλον ὁ θέρμος· ἀλλ᾿ ἔοικέ γ᾿ οὗτος ὥσπερ ἀγρίῳ.

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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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