# Enquiry into Plants 14.4-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/14.4-2

Ἁλίσκεται δὲ συκῆ μάλιστα καὶ σφακελισμῷ καὶ κράδῳ. καλεῖται δὲ σφακελισμὸς μὲν ὅταν αἱ ῥίζαι μελανθῶσι, κράδος δ’ ὅταν οἱ κλάδοι· καὶ γὰρ καλοῦσί τινες κράδους, ὅθεν καὶ τοὔνομα τῇ νόσῳ· ὁ δ’ ἐρινὸς οὕτε κραδᾷ οὕτε σφακελίζει οὔτε ψωριᾷ οὔτε σκωληκοῦται ταῖς ῥιζαῖς ὁμοίως· οὐδὲ δὴ τὰ ἐρινά τινες ἀποβάλλουσιν οὐδ’ ἐὰν ἐμφυτευθῶσιν εἰς συκῆν.

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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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