# Enquiry into Plants 16.5-2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Δ, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/16.5-2

Κοινὴ δὲ φθορὰ πάντων κἂν αἱ ῥίζαι περικοπῶσιν ἡ πᾶσαι ἣ αἱ πλεῖσται καὶ μέγισται καὶ κυριώταται τοῦ ζῆν. αὗται μὲν οὖν ἐξ ἀφαιρέσεως. Ἡ δ’ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐλαίου προσθέσει τινὶ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀφαιρέσει· πολέμιον γὰρ δὴ καὶ τοῦτο πᾶσι· καὶ ἔλαιον ἐπιχέουσι τοῖς ὑπολείμμασι τῶν ῥιζῶν. ἰσχύει δὲ μᾶλλον τὸ ἔλαιον ἐν τοῖς νέοις καὶ ἄρτι φυομένοις· ἀσθενέστερα γάρ, δι’ ὃ καὶ ἅπτεσθσ. κσλύουσι. Φθοραὶ δὲ καὶ ὑπ’ ἀλλήλων εἰσὶ τῷ παραιρεῖσθαι τὰς τροφὰς καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐμποδίζειν. χαλεπὸς δὲ καὶ ὁ κιττὸς παραφυόμενος, χαλεπὸς δὲ καὶ ὁ κύτισος· ἀπόλλυσι γὰρ πάνθ’ ὡς εἰπεῖν· ἰσχυρότερον δὲ τούτου τὸ ἄλιμον· ἀπόλλυσι γὰρ τὸν κύτισον.

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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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