# Enquiry into Plants 7.5-4

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Ε, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/7.5-4

Δεῖ δὲ καὶ καθ’ ἕκαστον λαμβάνειν εἰς ποῖα χρήσιμός ἐστιν. ἐλάτη μὲν οὖν καὶ πεύκη. καθάπερ εἴρηται, καὶ πρὸς ναυπηγίαν καὶ πρὸς οἰκοδομίαν καὶ ἔτι πρὸς ἄλλα τῶν ἔργων, εἰς πλείω δὲ ἡ ἐλάτη. πίτυί δὲ χρῶνται μὲν εἰς ἄμφω καὶ οὐχ ἦττον εἰς ναυπηγίαν, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ ταχὺ διασήπεται. δρῦς δὲ πρὸς οἰκοδομίαν καὶ πρὸς ναυπηγίαν ἔτι τε πρὸς τὶ κατὰ γῆς κατορυττόμενα. φίλυρα δὲ πρὸς τὰ σανιδώματα τῶν μακρῶν πλοίων καὶ πρὸς κιβώτια καὶ πρὸς τὴν τῶν μέτρων κατασκευήν. ἔχει δὲ καὶ τὸν φλοιὸν χρήσιμον πρός τε τὰ σχοινία καὶ πρὸς τὰς κίστας· ποιοῦσι γὰρ ἐξ αὐτῆς.

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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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