Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 2.2

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 ἐμφυτεῖαι conj. R. Const.; ἐμφυλέαι (with erasures) U; ἐμφθλείαι V; ἐμφυλεῖαι Ald.
2. 2 2. 1. 3; cf. C. P. 1. 4. 4 and 6.
3. 3 i.e. bulbil. cf. 6. 6. 8; 9. 1. 4; C. P. 1. 4. 6; Plin. 21. 24.
4. 4 ἐπὶ conj. W.; ἀπὸ P2Ald.
5. 5 δέ τις καὶ Aid,; τις om. W. after Sch.
6. ¹ μολεύειν conj. Sch.; μωλύειν MSS.; μοσχεύειν conj. R. Const. (cf. C.P. 1. 2 1). But cf. Hesych. s.v. μολεύειν.
7. ² Plin. 16. 141. 3 ἐπὶ conj. W.; τὸ UMV Ald.
8. ¹ φύονται conj. W.; φυτευονται Ald. H.; φύεται Vo. cod. Cas.
9. ² γλυκέων conj. St.; γλαυκίων UMV Ald.
10. 3 cf. Athen. 3. 20 and 23. 4 cf. C. P. 1. 9. 1.
11. 5 In Lesbos: cf. 3. 9. 5 6 cf. C.P. 1. 9. 2.
12. ¹ i. e. that they should improve from seed.
13. ² Whereas wild trees are produced only from seed.
14. ³ i. e. improve a degenerate seedling.
15. 4 ἁπλῶς: ? om. Sch. 5 cf. C.P. 1. 9. 2.
16. ¹ ἔνια ἀπαγριοῦται οἷον conj. W,: ἔνια καὶ ἀπορῇ τε ῥόα UV; ἐ. καὶ ἀπορῇ τὰ ῥόα M; ἐ. καὶ ἀπορρεῖ τὰ ῥόα Ald.
17. 2 i. e. cultivation has nothing to do with it.
18. 3 2. 2. 7. 4 cf. 3. 3 4. 5 Plin. 17. 242.
19. 6 i. e. improve. cf. 2. 2. 6 ad fin.