# Enquiry into Plants 11.5-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/11.5-4

Πρὸς ἔκφυσιν δὲ καὶ τὴν ὅλην σπορὰν ἄριστα δοκεῖ τὰ ἑνάενα· τὰ δὲ δίενα χείρω καὶ τὰ τρίενα, τὰ δ᾿ ὑπερτείνοντα σχεδὸν ἄγονα, πρὸς δὲ τὴν σίτησιν ἀρκοῦντα. βίος γάρ ἐστιν ἑκάστοις ὡρισμένος εἰς γονήν. καίτοι καὶ ταύταις παραλλάττει ταῖς δυνάμεσι διὰ τοὺς τόπους ἐν οἷς ἂν θησαυρίζωνται. τῆς γοῦν Καππαδοκίας ἐν χωρίῳ τινὶ τῷ καλουμένῳ Πέτρᾳ καὶ τετταράκοντα ἔτη διαμένειν φασὶ γόνιμα καὶ χρήσιμα πρὸς σπόρον, εἰς δὲ τὴν σίτησιν ἑξήκοντα ἢ ἑβδομήκοντα· τὸ γὰρ ὅλον οὐ κόπτεσθαι· τὰ δὲ ἱμάτια καὶ τὴν ἄλλην γάζαν κόπτεσθαι.

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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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