# Enquiry into Plants 4.2-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/4.2-4

ἕτερα δὲ ἴδια φέρει καὶ δένδρα καὶ ὑλήματα· καὶ ἔοικεν ὅλως ὁ τόπος ὁ πρὸς ἀνατολὰς καὶ μεσημβρίαν ὥσπερ καὶ ζῶα καὶ φυτὰ φέρειν ἴδια παρὰ τοὺς ἄλλους· οἷον ἥ τε Μηδία χώρα καὶ Περσὶς ἄλλα τε ἔχει πλείω καὶ τὸ μῆλον τὸ Μηδικὸν ἢ τὸ Περσικὸν καλούμενον. ἔχει δὲ τὸ δένδρον τοῦτο φύλλον μὲν ὅμοιον καὶ σχεδὸν ἴσον τῷ τῆς ἀνδράχλης, ἀκάνθας δὲ οἵας ἄπιος ἢ ὀξυάκανθος, λείας δὲ καὶ ὀξείας σφόδρα καὶ ἰσχυράς· τὸ δὲ μῆλον οὐκ ἐσθίεται μέν, εὔοσμον δὲ πάνυ καὶ τὸ φύλλον τοῦ δένδρου· κἂν εἰς ἱμάτια τεθῇ τὸ μῆλον ἄκοπα διατηρεῖ. χρήσιμον δ᾿ ἐπειδὰν τύχῃ τις πεπωκὼς φάρμακον θανάσιμον· δοθὲν γὰρ ἐν οἴνῳ διακόπτει τὴν κοιλίαν καὶ ἐξάγει τὸ φάρμακον· καὶ πρὸς στόματος εὐωδίαν· ἐὰν γάρ τις ἑψήσῃ ἐν ζωμῷ, ἢ ἐν ἄλλῳ τινὶ τὸ ἔσωθεν τοῦ μήλου ἐκπιέσῃ εἰς τὸ στόμα καὶ καταροφήσῃ, ποιεῖ τὴν ὀσμὴν ἡδεῖαν.

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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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