# Enquiry into Plants 8.4-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/8.4-3

Διαφέρουσι δὲ καὶ τοῖς φύλλοις καὶ τοῖς στελέχεσι καὶ τοῖς ξύλοις καὶ τῇ ὅλῃ μορφῇ. ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἡμερὶς οὐκ ὀρθοφυὴς οὐδὲ λεία οὐδὲ μακρά· περίκομος γὰρ ἡ φυτεία καὶ ἐπεστραμμένη καὶ πολυμάσχαλος, ὥστε ὀζώδη καὶ βραχεῖαν γίνεσθαι· τὸ δὲ ξύλον ἰσχυρὸν μὲν ἀσθενέστερον δὲ τῆς φηγοῦ· τοῦτο γὰρ ἰσχυρότατον καὶ ἀσαπέστατον. οὐκ ὀρθοφυὴς δὲ οὐδ᾿ αὕτη ἀλλ᾿ ἧττον ἔτι τῆς ἡμερίδος, τὸ δὲ στέλεχος παχύτατον, ὥστε καὶ τὴν ὅλην μορφὴν βραχεῖαν εἶναι· καὶ γὰρ ἡ φυτεία περίκομος καὶ ταύτῃ καὶ οὐκ εἰς ὀρθόν. ἡ δὲ αἰγίλωψ ὀρθοφυέστατον καὶ ὑψηλότατον καὶ λειότατον καὶ τὸ ξύλον εἰς μῆκος ἰσχυρότατον. οὐ φύεται δὲ ἐν τοῖς ἐργασίμοις ἢ σπανίως.

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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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