Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 4.11.7

ed. Arthur Hort

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Enquiry into Plants. Theophrastus. ed. Arthur Hort. United States. 2017.

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Current edition First1KGreek

Enquiry into Plants (Greek) (Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Hort, Heinemann, 1916)

Notes on the current edition

Enquiry into Plants

1. ¹ κατασπάσματα: lit. ‘convulsions’; i.e. the strong vibra- tions of a ‘tongue,’ the free end of which is kept away from the body or ‘lay’ of the mouthpiece. Such a ‘reed’ would have the effect of giving to the pipes a fuller and louder tone.
2. ² i.e. so as to make a closed end.