Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 1.6

ed. Arthur Hort

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

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

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Enquiry into Plants

1. ¹ i.e. break across the grain. εὔθραυστα mP; ἄθραυστα UP Ald.; fragilis G. cf. 5. 5, Plin 16. 186.
2. ² ἄοζα conj. Palm. from G ; λοξά UP AId.
3. ³ i.e. across the grain. ⁴ cf. 5 6. 2. 5. cf. 5. 1. 4.
4. 6 T. appears not to agree as to elder : see below.
5. ¹ μανότεραι . . . οὔ : text can hardly be sound, but sense is clear. ² i.e. homogeneous. ³ Plin. 16. 127.
6. ⁴ 3. 6. 4 seems to give a different account.
7. 5. cf. C. P. 3. 23. 5, and καρκινώδης C. P. 1. 12. 3; 3. 21. 5.
8. ¹ πέζις κεραύνιον : πύξος κρανίον UMV Ald.; πέζις conj Sch. from Athen. 2. 59: κεραύνιον conj. W. cf. Plin. 3. 36 and 37, Juv. 5. 117. ² εἰκαζούσαις : word corrupt; so UMV Ald.
9. 3 Plin. 19. 98.
10. ¹ The same term being applied to ‘herbaceous’ plants in general. ² Plin. 19. 98.
11. ¹ τὰς conj. Sch.; τῆς Ald. H.; τήν. . . ἀποπεφυκυῖαν P.
12. ² ἀλλ᾿ ἀλλοῖον ἔχουσι conj. St.; ἀλλὰ λεῖον ἔχοντες PMV Ald.; ἀλλοῖον ἐχ. m Bas. mP from G; ἀλλ᾿ ἀλλοῖον ἔχουσαι conj. Scal. 3 cf. 4. 10. 5.
13. 4 καὶ ἀεὶ Ald. : ἀεὶ καὶ conj. W. 5 Plin. 19. 99.
14. 6 cf. the definition of ‘root,’ 1. 1. 9.
15. 7 ἐγγεότοκα λέγοντες conj. W.; cf. ἡ τῶν ἐγ εοτόκων τούτων γένεσις in Athenaeus’ citation of this paseage 2. 60) ;
16. ¹ βάθους conj. Sch.; βάθος Ald.
17. 2 καὶ ὃ W. after U ; καὶ om. Ald.; G omits also τὸ before οὔϊγγον, making the three plants synonymous. The passage is cited by Athen., l.c., with considerable variation.
18. ³ τοιαύτην conj. St.; τοσαύτην MSS.
19. ⁴ i.e. the fleshy root (tuber, etc.).
20. ³ i.e. the fibrous root (root proper).