# Enquiry into Plants 11.3-5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/11.3-5

Διαφέρει δὲ ὡς ἔοικε χώρα χώρας καὶ ἀὴρ ἀέρος εἰς τὸ κόπτεσθαι καὶ μὴ τὰ σπέρματα· ἐν Ἀπολλωνίᾳ γοῦν τῇ περὶ τὸν Ἰόνιον οὐκ ἐσθίεσθαί φασιν ὅλως κύαμον, δι᾿ ὃ καὶ εἰς θησαυρισμὸν ἀποτίθεσθαι· διαμένει δὲ καὶ περὶ Κυζικὸν ἐπὶ πλείω. μέγα δὲ πρὸς διαμονὴν καὶ τὸ ξηρὰ θερίζειν· ἐλάττων γὰρ ἡ ὑγρότης· θερίζουσι δ᾿ ἐγχυλότερα τὰ μὲν χεδροπὰ πρὸς τὸ μᾶλλον καὶ ῥᾷον συλλέξαι, ταχὺ γὰρ καταρρεῖ καὶ αὐανθέντα θρύπτεται, τοὺς δὲ πυροὺς καὶ γένος τι κριθῶν διὰ τὸ βελτίους εἰς τὰ ἄλφιτα γίνεσθαι μὴ ἀπεξηραμμένας.

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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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