Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 1.2

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 There is no exact English equivalent for ὁμοιομερέs, which denotes a whole composed of parts, each of which is, as it were, a miniature of the whole. cf. Arist. H.A. 1. 1.
2. ² i.e. any part taken of flesh or bone may be called ' flesh’ or ‘bone.’
3. 3 e.q. bark ; cf. 1. 2. 1. ⁴ e.q. fruit.
4. 1 οὐσία conj. Sch. (but he retracted it); συνουσία MSS (?) Ald.
5. 2 This definition is quoted by Hesych. s.υ. μίσ χος.
6. 3 ? om. ἕλιξ, which is mentioned below.
7. 4 τὸ συγκείμενον σπέρμα, lit. ‘the compound seed,’ i.e. as many seeds as are contained in one περικάρπιον.
8. ¹ Lit. ‘muscles and veins.’
9. 2 i.e. the analogy with animals is probably imperfect, but is useful so far as it goes.
10. 3 1. 1. 10. 4 e.g. the root, as such.
11. 5 e.g the different forms which roots assume.
12. ¹ πλείστοις conj. Mold.; πρώτοις Ald.H. ² 1. 1. 3.
13. 3 ἀλαράβλαστον conj. R.Const.; ἀπαράβλητον UMV Αld.
14. ⁴ ἔτι δὲ conj. W.; ἔχον Ald. 5 Fibre.
15. 6 i.e. can be split in one direction.
16. e.q. an unripe walnut.