Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 2.7

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 ἀνάταλιν conj. Sch.; τἀνάπαλιν Ald. cf. C P. 2. 9. 4; Geop. 10. 45; Plin. 17. 84. ² οὖν ins. H.
2. 2 δασύνεσθαι: see LS. reff. s.v. δασύς.
3. 4 cf. C P. 2. 9. 3.
4. 5 εὐβατωτέραν (i.e. ‘more manageable’). The reference is to a method of keeping the tree dwarf (Bod.). Plin. l.c. has
5. ¹ Plin. 17. 248. ² Name of tree missing. Sch.
6. 3 cf. C.P. 3. 10. 4. ⁴ ταύτῃ conj. W.; ταύτης Ald.
7. ¹ Lit. ‘bushy tails,’ i.e. horses asses mules.
8. 2 cf. C.P. 3. 16. 3. δεῖ ins. H; so apparently G reed.
9. ⁴ δεῖν ὑποκονίειν οὐδ᾿ ὅλως conj. W. (so Sch., but keeping [ἢ] after δεῖν); δεῖν ἡ ὑποκινιεῖν οὐδ᾿ ὅλως UM V; δεῖν ἢ ὑποκο- νιεῖν ἢ ὅλως Ald. 5 Plin. 17. 253 and 254.