# Enquiry into Plants 4.8-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/4.8-4

τῶν δὲ Ἀσκαλωνίων ἰδία τις ἡ φύσις· μόνα γὰρ σχιστὰ καὶ ὥσπερ ἄγονα ἀπὸ τῆς ῥίζης, ἔτι δὲ ἐν αὐτοῖς ἀναυξῆ καὶ ἀνεπίδοτα· δι᾿ ὃ καὶ οὐ πηγνύουσιν ἀλλὰ σπείρουσιν αὐτὰ καὶ σπείρουσιν ὀψὲ πρὸς τὸ ἔαρ, εἶθ᾿ ὅταν βλαστήσῃ μεταφυτεύουσι· τελειοῦται δὲ οὕτω ταχέως ὧσθ᾿ ἅμα τοῖς ἄλλοις ἢ καὶ πρότερον ἐξαιρεῖσθαι· πλέονα δὲ χρόνον ἐαθέντα ἐν τῇ γῇ σήπεται· φυτευθέντα δὲ καυλὸν ἀφίησι καὶ σπέρμα φύει μόνον, εἶτα κενοῦται καὶ αὐαίνεται. τούτων μὲν οὖν τοιαύτη τις ἡ φύσις.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg001.local001/.