# Enquiry into Plants 4.1

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘEOΦPAΣTOΥ ΠEΡΙ ΦΥΤΩN ΙΣTOΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

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

IV. Φανεραὶ δὲ καὶ κατ᾿ αὐτὰς τὰς μορφὰς αἱ διαφοραὶ τῶν ὅλων τε καὶ μορίων, οἶον λέγω μέγεθος καὶ μικρότης, σκληρότης μαλακότης, λειότης τραχύτης, φλοιοῦ φύλλων τῶν ἄλλων, ἀπλῶς εὐμορφία καὶ δυσμορφία τις, ἔτι δὲ καὶ καλλικαρπία καὶ κακοκαρπία. πλείω μὲν γὰρ δοκεῖ τὰ ἄγρια φέρειν, ὥσπερ ἀχρὰς κότινος, καλλίω δὲ τὰ ἥμερα καὶ τοὺς χυλοὺς δὲ αὐτοὺς γλυκυτέρους καὶ ἡδίους καὶ τὸ ὅλον ὡς εἰπεῖν εὐκράτους μᾶλλον.

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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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