# Enquiry into Plants 8.3-9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/8.3-9

Ἐνίων δ᾿ οὐδ᾿ ὀπισμὸς ἀλλ᾿ οἷον χυλισμός ἐστιν, ὥσπερ ὅσα κόψαντες ἢ τρίψαντες καὶ ὕδωρ ἐπιχέαντες ἀπηθοῦσι καὶ λαμβάνουσι τὴν ὑπόστασιν· ξηρὸς δὲ δῆλον ὅτι καὶ ἐλάττων ὁ χυλὸς τούτων. ἔστι δὲ τῶν μὲν ἄλλων ῥιζῶν τὸ χύλισμα ἀσθενέστερον τοῦ καρποῦ, τοῦ κωνείου δὲ ἰσχυρότερον, καὶ τὴν ἀπαλλαγὴν ῥᾴω ποιεῖ καὶ θάττω μικρὸν πάνυ καταπότιον δοθέν· ἐνεργότερον δὲ καὶ εἰς τὰς ἄλλας χρείας. ἰσχυρὸν δὲ καὶ τὸ τῆς θαψίας. τὰ δὲ ἄλλα πάντα ἀσθενέστερα. οἱ μὲν οὖν ὀπισμοὶ σχεδὸν τοσαυταχῶς γίνονται.

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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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