Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 3.4

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 the male flower, cf. Schol. on Ar. Vesp. 1111. Θεόφραστος κυρίως λέγει κύτταρον τὴν προάνθησιν τῆς πίτυος: but no explanation of such a use of the word suggests itself. cf. 3 3. 8: 4 8. 7.
2. 2 ἀρίαν conj. Seh., cf. 3. 4. 2; 3. 16. 3; 3. 17. 1; ὀξύνην ἀγρίαν Ald.
3. ¹ See below, n. 4.
4. ² τὰ ἀκ. δοκ. καὶ ἀλσ. conj. W.; τὰ ἀκ. καὶ δοκ. καὶ ἀλσ. U MP; τὰ ἀκ. τὰ δοκ. ἀλσ. Ald.
5. 3 ὥσπερ apologises for the unusual sense given to ἐνιστ.
6. ¹ ἀποδ. καὶ μελία U; ἀποδίδωσι· μελία Ald. Some confusion in text, but sense clear.
7. 2 ὀψία: ? ἡ ὀψία W.