# Enquiry into Plants 4.1-2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, B, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/4.1-2

IV. Τῶν δὲ ἄλλων τό τε σισύμβριον εἰς μίνθαν δοκεῖ μεταβάλλειν, ἐὰν μὴ κατεχηται τῇ θεραπείᾳ, δι᾿ ὃ καὶ μεταφυτεύουσι πολλάκις, καὶ ὁ πυρὸς εἰς αἶραν. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἐν τοῖς δένδροις αὐτομάτως, εἴπερ γίνεται. τὰ δ᾿ ἐν τοῖς ἐπετείοις διὰ παρασκευῆς· οἷον ἡ τίφη καὶ ἡ ζειὰ μεταβάλλουσιν εἰς πυρὸν ἐὰν πτισθεῖσαι σπείρωνται. καὶ τοῦτ᾿ οὐκ εὐθὺς ἀλλὰ τῷ τρίτῳ ἔτει. σχεδὸν δὲ παραπλήσιον τοῦτό γε τῷ τὰ σπέρματα κατὰ τὰς χώρας μεταβάλλειν· μεταβάλλει γὰρ καὶ ταῦτα καθ᾿ ἑκάστην χώραν καὶ σχεδὸν ἐν τῷ ἴσῳ χρόνῳ καὶ ἡ τίφη. μεταβάλλουσι δὲ καὶ οἱ ἄγριοι πυροὶ καὶ αἱ κριθαὶ θεραπευόμεναι καὶ ἐξημερούμεναι κατὰ τὸν ἴσον χρόνον.

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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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