Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 3.7

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

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Enquiry into Plants

1. ¹ σφ. καὶ ὀλίγας conj. W.; σᾳ. κατ᾿ ὀλίγον UMVAld.
2. 2 i.e. not very fibrous.
3. ³ cf. Hdt. 6. 37, and the proverb πίτυος τρόπον ἐκτρίβεσθα.
4. 4 ὅμαλον conj. Scal.; ὅμοιον Ald.
5. 5 ἱκανὸν ἵστῳ πλοίου conj, W,; ἢ καὶ ἡλίκον πλεῖον Ald.; sc UH, but with πλοῖον.
6. ¹ i.e. and so does not, like other trees under like treat ment, put its strength into these. cf. C.P. 5. 17. 4.
7. 2 ἑαυτῶν conj. Sch. from G; αὐτὸν Ald.
8. 3 The leaf-gall, cf. 2. 8. 3; 3. 14. 1. For τοῦτο cf. 3. 18. 11; 4. 7. 1. 4 Lat. grossi. cf. C. P. 5. 1. 8.
9. 5 τινὰ καρπὸς conj. Sch.; τινὰ ἄκαρπος UAld.
10. ¹ πυρῆνος ἐλάας ἰσοφυὲς conj. W.; πυρῆνος ἐλαίᾳ εἰρουφυην UMV; πυρῆνα ἐλαία εἰρουφύην Ald.
11. ² περὶ πυρήνιον σκληρότερον Ι conj.; περὶ πυρηνίου σκληρότητα U; περὶ πυρηνίου σκληρότερον Μ; περιπυρηνίου σκληρότερον V Ald. W. prints the reading of U. For πῖλος see Index.