# Enquiry into Plants 2.2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘEOΦPAΣTOΥ ΠEΡΙ ΦΥΤΩN ΙΣTOΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/2.2

Καὶ τοῖς μὲν δένδρεσιν ἔστιν οὕτως διαλαβεῖν. τοῖς δ᾿ ἐπετείοις δῆλον ὡς ἅπαντα ἐπέτεια· μέχρι γὰρ τῶν καρπῶν ἡ φύσις. ὅσα δὴ ἐπετειόκαρπα καὶ ὅσα διετίζει, καθάπερ σέλινον καὶ ἄλλ᾿ ἄττα, καὶ ὅσα δὲ πλείω χρόνον ἔχει, τούτοις ἅπασι καὶ ὁ καυλὸς ἀκολουθήσει κατὰ λόγον· ὅταν γὰρ σπερμοφορεῖν μέλλωσι, τότε ἐκκαυλοῦσιν, ὡς ἕνεκα τοῦ σπέρματος ὄντων τῶν καυλῶν. Ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ταύτῃ διῃρήσθω. τῶν δὲ ἄρτι εἰρημένων μερῶν πειρατέον ἕκαστον εἰπεῖν τί ἐστιν ὡς ἐν τύπῳ λέγοντας.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg001.local001/.