Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 4.10

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 τὰ δὲ κοινὰ κοινῶς conj. Sch. from G; τὰ δὲ κοινῶς Aid. H.
2. ² ταὐτὰ conj. Sch.; ταῦτα Aid.
3. 3 πρὸς τὰ κοιν. ὠρ. πρ. conj. W. supported by G; κοινότατα προσειοημένα πρότερον Aid. H.
4. 1 ἐλάττων . . . ὕδατος : sense doubtful. G. seems to render a different reading.
5. ² i.e. the flower-head, which, as well as the plant, was called σίδη.
6. 3 μήκωνι can hardly be right : suspected by H.
7. ⁴ cf. Athen. 14. 64.
8. 5 i.e. petals.
9. ¹ κονίας: ? κονιάσεις (plasterig), conjecture mentioned by Sch.