# Enquiry into Plants 12.4-2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Γ, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/12.4-2

καρπὸς δ᾿ ὁ μὲν τῆς κέδρου ξανθὸς μύρτου μέγεθος ἔχων εὐώδης ἡδὺς ἐσθίεσθαι. ὁ δὲ τῆς ἀρκεύθου τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ὅμοιος, μέλας δὲ καὶ στρυφνὸς καὶ ὥσπερ ἄβρωτος· διαμένει δ᾿ εἰς ἐνιαυτόν, εἶθ᾿ ὅταν ἄλλος ἐπιφυῇ ὁ περυσινὸς ἀποπίπτει. ὡς δὲ οἱ ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ λέγουσι, τρεῖς ἅμα καρποὺς ἴσχει, τόν τε περυσινὸν οὔπω πέπονα καὶ τὸν προπερύσινον ἤδη πέπονα καὶ ἐδώδιμον καὶ τρίτον τὸν νέον ὑποφαίνει. ἔφη δὲ Σάτυρος καὶ κομίσαι τοὺς ὀρεοτύπους αὐτῷ ἀνανθεῖς ἄμφω. τὸν δὲ φλοιὸν ὅμοιον ἔχει κυπαρίττῳ τραχύτερον δέ· ῥίζας δὲ μανὰς ἀμφότεραι καὶ ἐπιπολαίους. φύονται περὶ τὰ πετρώδη καὶ χειμέρια καὶ τούτους τοὺς τόπους ζητοῦσι.

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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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