# Enquiry into Plants 13.1-5

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, I, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/13.1-5

XIII. Τῶν δὲ ῥιζῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς χυμοῖς αἱ διαφοραὶ καὶ ἐν ταῖς ὀσμαῖς· αἱ μὲν γάρ εἰσι δριμεῖαι αἱ δὲ πικραὶ αἱ δὲ γλυκεῖαι, καὶ αἱ μὲν εὔοδμοι αἱ δὲ βαρεῖαι. γλυκεῖα μὲν ἥ τε νυμφαία καλουμένη· φύεται δ᾿ ἐν ταῖς λίμναις καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἑλώδεσιν, οἶον ἔν τε τῇ Ὀρχομενίᾳ καὶ Μαραθῶνι καὶ περὶ Κρήτην· καλοῦσι δ᾿ αὐτὴν οἱ Βοιωτοὶ μαδωνάϊν καὶ τὸν καρπὸν ἐσθίουσιν. ἔχει δὲ τὸ φύλλον μέγα ἐπὶ τοῦ ὕδατος· εἶναι δέ φασιν ἴσχαιμον, ἐὰν τρίψας τις ἐπὶ τὴν πληγὴν ἐπιθῇ· χρησίμη δὲ καὶ πρὸς δυσεντερίαν πινομένη.

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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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