# Enquiry into Plants 14.2-3

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Δ, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/14.2-3

τοῖς δὲ ἡμέροις ἐστὶ πλείω νοσήματα, καὶ τὰ μὲν ὥσπερ κοινὰ πᾶσιν ἢ τοῖς πλείστοις τὰ δ’ ἴδια κατὰ γένη. κοινὰ δὴ τό τε σκωληκοῦσθαι καὶ ἀστροβολεῖσθαι καὶ ὁ σφακελισμός. ἅπαντα γὰρ ὡς εἰπεῖν καὶ σκώληκας ἴσχει πλὴν τὰ μὲν ἐλάττους τὰ δὲ πλείους, καθάπερ συκῆ μηλὲα καὶ ἄπιος. ὡς δὲ ἀπλῶς εἰπεῖν ἥκιστα σκωληκοῦνται τὰ δριμέα καὶ ὀπώδη, καὶ ἀστροβολεῖται ὡσαύτως· μᾶλλον δὲ τοῖς νέοις ἢ τοῖς ἐν ἀκμῇ τοῦτο συμβαίνει, πάντων δὲ μάλιστα τῇ τε συκῇ καὶ τῇ ἀμπέλῳ.

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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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