# Enquiry into Plants 6.3-9-4

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, 6.3 to 6.4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/6.3-9

καθαίρειν γὰρ καὶ τῶνδε ἕνεκα καί του διαφόρου· πωλεῖσθαι τίμια. καὶ τὴν ἐργασίαν τὴν περὶ τὰ δένδρα σχεδὸν ἐν ταὐτῇ αἰτίᾳ εἶναι καὶ τὴν βροχήν· βρέχεσθαι γὰρ συνεχῶς. συναιτίαν δὲ δοκεῖν εἶναι τοῦ μὴ μεγάλα γίνεσθαι τὰ δένδρα καὶ τὴν τῶν ῥαβδίων τομήν. διὰ γὰρ τὸ πολλάκις ἐπικείρεσθαι ῥάβδους ἀφιέναι καὶ οὐκ εἰς ἓν ἐκτείνειν τὴν ὁρμήν. Ἄγριον δὲ οὐδὲν εἶναι βάλσαμον οὐδαμοῦ· γίνεσθαι δὲ ἐκ μὲν τοῦ μείζονος παραδείσου ἀγγείδια δώδεκα ὅσον ἡμιχοαῖα, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ἑτέρου δύο μόνον· πωλεῖσθαι δὲ τὸ μὲν ἄκρατον δὶς πρὸς ἀργύριον τὸ δ᾿ ἄλλο κατὰ λόγον τῆς μίξεως· καὶ τοῦτο μὲν διαφέρον τι φαίνεται κατὰ τὴν εὐοσμίαν.

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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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