# Enquiry into Plants 7.6-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/7.6-3

ὕδωρ δὲ ὅλως οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῷ τόπῳ· καταλείπονται δέ τινες διώρυχες δι᾿ ὦν διαπλέουσιν· αὗται δ᾿ εἰσὶ θαλάττης· ᾧ καὶ δῆλον οἴονταί τινες ὅτι τρέφονται ταύτῃ καὶ οὐ τῷ ὕδατι, πλὴν εἴ τι ταῖς ῥίζαις ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἕλκουσιν. εὔλογον δὲ καὶ τοῦθ᾿ ἁλμυρὸν εἶναι· καὶ γὰρ οὐδὲ κατὰ βάθους αἱ ῥίζαι. τὸ δὲ ὅλον ἓν τὸ γένος εἶναι τῶν τ᾿ ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ φυομένων καὶ τῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ ὑπὸ τῆς πλημμυρίδος καταλαμβανομένων· καὶ τὰ μὲν ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ μικρὰ καὶ φυκώδη φαινόμενα, τὰ δ᾿ ἐν τῇ γῇ μεγάλα καὶ χλωρὰ καὶ ἄνθος εὔοδμον ἔχοντα, καρπὸν δὲ οἷον θέρμος.

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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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