# Enquiry into Plants 3.7-4

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘΕΟΦΡΑΣΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΤΩΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/3.7-4

Ἡ δὲ καλουμένη μαγύδαρις ἕτερόν ἐστι τοῦ σιλφίου μανότερόν τε καὶ ἧττον δριμὺ καὶ τὸν ὀπὸν οὐκ ἔχει· διάδηλος δέ ἐστι καὶ τῇ ὄψει τοῖς ἐμπείροις. γίνεται δὲ περὶ Συρίαν καὶ οὐκ ἐν Κυρήνῃ· φασὶ δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ Παρνασίῳ ὄρει πολλήν· ἔνιοι δὲ σίλφιον τοῦτο καλοῦσιν. εἰ δὲ φεύγει τὴν ἐργάσιμον ὥσπερ τὸ σίλφιον σκεπτέον, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ εἴ τι ὅμοιον ἢ παραπλήσιον ἔχει φύλλου τε πέρι καὶ καυλοῦ, καὶ εἰ ὅλως ἀφίησί τι δάκρυον. τὴν μὲν οὖν ναρθηκώδη φύσιν ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις θεωρητέον.

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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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