# Enquiry into Plants 8.1-6

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘΕΟΦΡΑΣΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΤΩΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/8.1-6

VIII. Τῶν δ᾿ ἀνθῶν τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐκφαίνεται τὸ λευκόϊον, ὅπου μὲν ὁ ἀὴρ μαλακώτερος εὐθὺς τοῦ χειμῶνος, ὅπου δὲ σκληρότερος ὕστερον, ἐνιαχοῦ τοῦ ἦρος. ἅμα δὲ τῷ ἴῳ ἢ μικρόν τι ὕστερον καὶ τὸ φλόγινον καλούμενον τὸ ἄγριον· ταῦτα γὰρ ὧν οἱ στεφανήπλοκοι χρῶνται πολὺ ἐκτρέχει τῶν ἄλλων. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ὁ νάρκισσος καὶ τὸ λείριον, καὶ τῶν ἀγρίων ἀωεμώνης γένος τὸ καλούμενον ὄρειον, καὶ τὸ τοῦ βολβοῦ κώδυον· ἐμπλέκουσι γὰρ ἔνιοι καὶ τοῦτο εἰς τοὺς στεφάνους. ἐπὶ δὲ τούτοις ἡ οἰνάνθη καὶ τὸ μέλαν ἴον καὶ τῶν ἀγρίων ὅ τε ἐλειόχρυσος καὶ τῆς ἀνεμώνης ἡ λειμωνία καλουμένη καὶ τὸ ξίφιον καὶ ὑάκινθος καὶ σχεδὸν ὅσοις ἄλλοις χρῶνται τῶν ὀρείων.

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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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