# Enquiry into Plants 3.2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘEOΦPAΣTOΥ ΠEΡΙ ΦΥΤΩN ΙΣTOΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/3.2

Δεῖ δὲ τοὺς ὅρους οὕτως ἀποδέχεσθαι καὶ λαμβάνειν ὡς τύπῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ πᾶν λεγομένους· ἔνια γὰρ ἴσως ἐπαλλάττειν δόξειε, τὰ δὲ καὶ παρὰ τὴν ἀγωγὴν ἀλλοιότερα γίνεσθαι καὶ ἐκβαίνειν τῆς φύσεως, οἷον μαλάχη τε εἰς ὕψος ἀναγοιένη καὶ ἀποδενδρουμένη· συμβαίνει γὰρ τοῦτο καὶ οὐκ ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ ἀλλ᾿ ἐν ἓξ ἢ ἑπτὰ μησὶν. ὥστε μῆκος καὶ πάχος δορατιαῖον γίνεσθαι, δι᾿ ὃ καὶ βακτηρίαις αὐταῖς χρώνται, πλείονος δὲ χρόνου γινομένου κατὰ λόγον ἡ ἀπόδοσις· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν τεύτλων· καὶ γὰρ ταῦτα λαμβάνει μέγεθος· ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον ἄγνοι καὶ ὁ παλίουρος καὶ ὁ κιττός, ὥσθ᾿ ὁμολογουμένως ταῦτα γίνεται δένδρα· καί τοι θαμνώδη γέ ἐστιν.

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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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