# Enquiry into Plants 8.4-7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/8.4-7

Τῆς δὲ ῥιζοτομίας οὐκ ἔστι τοιαύτη διαφορὰ πλὴν ἐν ταῖς ὥραις οἷον θέρους ἢ μετοπώρου, καὶ τῷ τάσδε ἢ τάσδε τῶν ῥιζῶν· οἷον τοῦ ἐλλεβόρου τὰς κάτω τὰς λεπτάς· τὴν γὰρ ἄνω τὴν παχεῖαν τὴν κεφαλώδη φασὶν ἀχρεῖον εἶναι καὶ διδόναι ταῖς κυσὶν ὅταν βούλωνται καθαίρειν. καὶ ἐφ ἑτέρων δέ τινων τοιαύτας λέγουσι διαφοράς.

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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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