# Enquiry into Plants 8.3-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/8.3-4

Φύεται δὲ ὁ πάπυρος οὐκ ἐν βάθει τοῦ ὕδατος ἀλλ’ ὅσον ἐν δύο πήχεσιν, ἐνιαχοῦ δὲ καὶ ἐν ἐλάττονι. πάχος μὲν οὖν τῆς ῥίζης ἡλίκον καρπὸς χειρὸς ἀνδρὸς εὐρώστου, μῆκος δὲ ὑπὲρ τετράπηχυ· φύεται δὲ ὑπὲρ τῆς γῆς αὐτῆς, πλαγίας ῥίζας εἰς τὸν πηλὸν καθιεῖσα λεπτὰς καὶ πυκνάς, ἄνω δὲ τοὺς παπύρους καλουμένους τριγώνους, μέγεθος ὡς δέκα πήχεις, κόμην ἔχοντας ἀχρεῖον ἀσθενῆ καρπὸν δὲ ὅλως οὐδένα· τούτους δ’ ἀναδίδωσι κατὰ πολλὰ μέρη.

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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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