# Enquiry into Plants 8.3-3

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Γ, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/8.3-3

οὐχ ἅπασαι δὲ γλυκεῖαι ἐν τοῖς γένεσιν ἀλλ᾿ ἐνίοτε καὶ πικραί, καθάπερ ἡ φηγός. διαφέρουσι δὲ καὶ τοῖς μεγέθεσι καὶ τοῖς σχήμασι καὶ τοῖς χρώμασι τῶν βαλάνων. ἴδιον δὲ ἔχουσιν ἥ τε φηγὸς καὶ ἡ ἁλίφλοιος· ἀμφότεραι γὰρ παραλιθάζουσιν ἐν τοῖς ἄρρεσι καλουμένοις ἐξ ἄκρων τῶν βαλάνων ἑκατέρωθεν, αἱ μὲν πρὸς τῷ κελύφει αἱ δὲ πρὸς αὐτῇ τῇ σαρκί. δι᾿ ὃ καὶ ἀφαιρεθέντων ὅμοια γίνεται κοιλώματα τοῖς ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων.

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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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