Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 1.9

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 The opening of the description of the diseases of trees seems to have been lost. 2 κράδι; cf. C. P. 5. 1. 3.
2. ³ πάντως. . . γίνεται conj. W.; πάντως δὲ ὁ πρὸς τῇ γῇ καὶ οἷον τ. κ. στ. ἀπογηράσκων τῶν παχυτέρων γίνεται Ald.; so U except παχύτερον, and M except παχύτερος.
3. 4 πόγγρους: cf. Hesych., s.υυ. γόγγρος, κροτόνη.
4. 5 The word is otherwise unknown.
5. 6 ἧττον· ἡ δὲ ἐλάα conj. W.; ἧττον· ἡ δὲ φοῖνιξ πάραβλασ- ητικέν· ἡ δὲ ἐλαα U; so Ald. except παραβλαστικόν. The
6. ¹ οὗν marked as doubtful in U. ² 1. 3. 2.
7. ³ καὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κάλλιστον. The first part of the sentence to which these words belong is apparently lost (W.).
8. ⁴ i.e. the fir and other trees mentioned in the lost words.
9. 5 Plin. 16. 80.
10. 6 μίλος conj. Sch.; σμίλαξ P2Aid.; cf. 3. 3. 3.
11. 1 Plin. 16. 80.
12. ² Some words probably missing (W.) which would explain the next two clauses. 3 Plin. 16 82. ⁴ 1. 3. 5.
13. 5 Plin. 12. 11; Varro, 1. 7.
14. 1 Plin. 16. 82 and 83.