# Enquiry into Plants 11.5-5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/11.5-5

Συνώνυμοι δὲ καὶ οἱ στρύχνοι καὶ οἱ τιθύμαλλοι. τῶν γὰρ στρύχνων ὁ μὲν ὑπνώδης ὁ δὲ μανικός. καὶ ὁ μὲν ὑπνώδης ἐρυθρὰν ἔχων τὴν ῥίον ὥσπερ αἷμα ξηραινομένην, ὀρυττομένην δὲ λευκήν, καὶ καρπὸν ἐρυθρότερον κρόκου, φύλλον δὲ τιθυμάλλῳ ὅμοιον ἢ μηλέᾳ τῇ γλυκείᾳ καὶ αὐτὸ δασὺ καὶ πυγμὴν μέγα. τούτου τῆς ῥίζης τὸν φλοιὸν κόπτοντες λίαν καὶ βρέχοντες ἐν οἴνῳ ἀκράτῳ διδόασι πιεῖν καὶ ποιεῖ καθεύδειν. φύεται δὲ ἐν χαράδραις καὶ τοῖς μνήμασιν.

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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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