# Enquiry into Plants 14.3

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘEOΦPAΣTOΥ ΠEΡΙ ΦΥΤΩN ΙΣTOΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/14.3

Αἱ δὲ τοιαῦται τῆς ὅλης οὐσίας φαίνονται· δῆλον ὅτι τὰ μὲν ἥμερα τὰ δ᾿ ἄγρια· καὶ τὰ μὲν κάρπιμα τὰ δ᾿ ἄκαρπα· καὶ ἀείφυλλα καὶ φυλλοβολα, καθάπερ ἐλέχθη, τὰ δ᾿ ὅλως ἄφυλλα· καὶ τὰ μὲν ἀνθητικὰ τὰ δ᾿ ἀνανθῆ· καὶ πρωιβλαστῆ δὲ καὶ πρωΐκαρπα τὰ δὲ ὀψιβλαστῆ καὶ ὀψίκαρπα· ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ὅσα παραπλήσια τούτοις. και πως τά γε τοιαῦτα ἐν τοῖς μέρεσιν ἢ οὐκ ἄνευ τῶν μερῶν ἐστιν. ἀλλ᾿ ἐκείνη ἰδιωτάτη καὶ τροπόν τινα μεγίστη διάστασις, ἥπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων, ὅτι τὰ μὲν ἔνυδρα τὰ δὲ χερσαῖα· καὶ γὰρ τῶν φυτῶν ἔστι τι τοιοῦτον γένος ὃ οὐ δύναται φύεσθαι μὴ ἐν ὑγρῷ· τὰ δὲ φύεται μέν, οὐχ ὅμοια δὲ ἀλλὰ χείρω.

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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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