Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 1.3

ed. Arthur Hort

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

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Enquiry into Plants

1. ¹ φοελλοῦ conj. H.; φύλλον UVP2P3Ald.; φυλλωοῦ M.
2. ² i. e. root, stem, branch, twig: cf. 1. 1. 9.
3. 3 σαφεστέραν conj. W.; σαφέστερον Ald.
4. 4 εἴδη here ═ γένη; cf. 6. 1. 2. n.
5. 5 πάντ᾿ ἢ conj. Sch. after G; πάντη UMV Ald.
6. ¹ θάμνος . . . πήγανον. W. ’S text transposes, without alteration, the definitions of θάμνος and φρύγανον as given in U. φρύγανον δὲ τὸ ὰπὸ ῥίζης καὶ πολυστέλεχες καὶ πολύκλαδον οἷον βάτος παλίουρος, Ald. So also M, but with a lacuna marked before φρύγανον and a note that the definition of θάμνος is wanting. φρύγανον δὲ τὸ ἀπὸ ῥίζης καὶ πολυστέλεχες καὶ πολύκλαδον οἷον καὶ γάμβοη καὶ πήγανον. θάμνος δὲ ἀπὸ ῥίξης πολύκλαδον οἷον βάτος παλίουρος U. So also very nearly P1P2. G gives to θάμνος (frutex) the definition assigned in U to φρύγανον (suffrutex) and the other definition is wanting.
7. ¹ i.e. so that the tree comes to look like a shrub from the growth of fresh shoots after cutting. cf. 2 6. 12: 2. 7. 2.
8. 2 ῥάφανος conj. Bod. from G ; ῥαφανὶς Ald.
9. ³ cf. 3. 2 2. The Ionian philosopher. See Zeller, Pre- Socratie Philosophy (Eng. trane.), 1. 281 f.
10. 4 καὶ add W.; so G.
11. 5 ἢ conj. Sch.; καὶ UAld.Cam.Bas.H.