# Enquiry into Plants 6.3-7

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Η, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/6.3-7

Τὸ δ᾿ ἱπποσέλινον καὶ ἐλειοσέλινον καὶ ὀρεοσέλινον καὶ πρὸς ἑαυτὰ διαφορὰν ἔχει καὶ πρὸς τὸ ἥμερον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἐλειοσέλινον τὸ παρὰ τοὺς ὀχετοὺς καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἕλεσι φυόμενον μανόφυλλόν τε καὶ οὐ δασὺ γίνεται, προσεμφερὲς δέ πως τῷ σελίνῳ καὶ τῇ ὀσμῇ καὶ τῷ χυλῷ καὶ τῷ σχήματι. τὸ δ᾿ ἱπποσέλινον φύλλον μὲν ἐμφερὲς τῷ ἐλειοσελίνῳ, δασὺ δὲ καὶ μεγαλόκαυλον καὶ τὴν ῥίζαν ὥσπερ ῥαφανὶς ἔχει τὸ πάχος μέλαιναν· μέλας δὲ καὶ ὁ καρπός, μέγεθος δὲ μεῖζον ὀρόβου. χρήσιμα δ᾿ ἄμφω φασὶ πρὸς στραγγουρίαν εἶναι ἐν οἴνῳ γλυκεῖ λευκῷ καὶ τοῖς λιθιῶσι· φύεται δὲ ὁμοίως πανταχοῦ· γίνεται δὲ καί τι δάκρυον ἐξ αὐτοῦ ὅμοιον τῇ μύρρᾳ· οἱ δέ φασιν ὅλως μύρραν.

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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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