# Enquiry into Plants 6.11

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘEOΦPAΣTOΥ ΠEΡΙ ΦΥΤΩN ΙΣTOΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/6.11

Πολλὰ δὲ καὶ τῶν ποιωδῶν ἔχει τοιαύτας ῥίζας, οἷον σπάλαξ κρόκος καὶ τὸ περδίκιον καλούμενον· καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο παχείας τε καὶ πλείους ἔχει τὰς ῥίζας ἡ φύλλα· καλεῖται δὲ περδίκιον διὰ τὸ τοὺς πέρδικας ἐγκυλιεσθαι καὶ ὀρύττειν. ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὸ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ καλούμενον οὔϊγγον· τὰ μὲν γὰρ φύλλα μεγάλα καὶ ὁ βλαστὸς αὐτοῦ βραχύς. ἡ δὲ ῥίζα μακρὰ καί ἐστιν ὥσπερ ὁ καρπός. διαφέρει τε καὶ ἐσθίεται, καὶ συλλέγουσι δὲ ὅταν ὁ ποταμὸς ἀποβῇ στρέφοντες τὰς βώλους.

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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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