# Enquiry into Plants 5.4-8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/5.4-8

Ὅτι δὲ πάντα προσπέφυκε τοῖς λοβοῖς καὶ ἔχει καθάπερ ἀρχήν τινα, τὰ μὲν προέχουσαν. ὥσπερ ὁ κύαμος καὶ ὁ ἐρέβινθος, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἔγκοιλον, ὥσπερ θέρμος καὶ ἄλλ᾿ ἄττα, τὰ δὲ οὕτω μὲν οὐ φανερὰν ἐλάττω δὲ κσὶ ὥσπερ ἀποσημαίνουσαν μόνον, δῆλον μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς ὄψεως· ἐξ ἧς καὶ ὅταν σπαρῇ βλαστάνει καὶ ῥιζοῦται, καθάπερ ἐλέχθη, κατ᾿ ἀρχὰς δὲ καὶ αὐτὰ τρέφεται προσηρτημένα τῷ λοβῷ, μέχρι οὗ ἂν τελειωθῇ· φανερὸν δέ ἐστι καὶ ἐκ τῶν νῦν καὶ ἐκ τῶν προειρημένων. περὶ μὲν οὖν τῶν κατὰ τὰς διαφορὰς ἅλις.

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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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