# Enquiry into Plants 14.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/14.9

Ἐν Μιλήτῳ δὲ τὰς ἐλάας, ὅταν ὦσι περὶ το ἀνθεῖν, κάμπαι κατεσθίουσιν, αἱ μὲν τὰ φύλλα αἱ δὲ τὰ ἄνθη, ἕτεραι τῷ γένει, καὶ ψιλοῦσι τὰ δένδρα· γίνονται δὲ ἐὰν ᾖ νότια καὶ εὐδιεινά· ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιλάβῃ καύματα ῥήγνυνται. Περὶ δὲ Τάραντα προφαίνουσι μὲν ἀεὶ πολὺν καρπόν, ὑπὸ δὲ τὴν ἀπάνθησιν τὰ πολλ' ἀπόλλυται. τὰ μὲν οὖν τοιαῦτα τῶν τόπων ἴδια.

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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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