# Enquiry into Plants 5.1-7

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Η, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/5.1-7

V. Φίλυδρα δὲ πάντα τὰ ἄλλα λάχανα καὶ φιλόκοπρα πλὴν πηγάνου, τοῦτο δὲ ἥκιστα φιλόκοπρον. τὰ χειμερινὰ δὲ οὐχ ἧττον τῶν θερινῶν καὶ τὰ ἐπίκηρα τῶν ἰσχυρῶν. κόπρον δὲ μάλιστα ἐπαινοῦσι τὴν συρματῖτιν, τὴν δὲ τῶν ὑποζυγίων μοχθηρὰν διὰ τὸ μάλιστα ἐξικμάζεσθαι· ζητοῦσι δὲ τὴν κόπρον ἅμα τῷ σπόρῳ μάλιστα συναναμιχθεῖσαν· οἱ δὲ καὶ σπείροντες ἐπιβάλλουσι· χρῶνται δὲ καὶ τῇ ἀνθρωπίνῃ ὠμῇ πρὸς τὴν χύλωσιν. φιλυδρότερα δὲ τὰ χειμερινὰ τῶν θερινῶν καὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ τῶν ἰσχυρῶν, ἔτι δὲ τὰ πλείστης δεόμενα τροφῆς. φίλυδρα καὶ τὸ κρόμυον καὶ τὸ γήθυον· καίτοι φασί τινες οὐ ζητεῖν, ἐὰν τὸ πρῶτον ἐπιγένηται δὶς ἢ τρίς.

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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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