Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 4.13

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 3. 18. 3 and 4; 4. 8. 1.
2. ¹ καὶ τὰ ἀντ. conj. W.; κατὰ ἀντ. UMV τὰ ὰντ. Ald. H.
3. 2 περικαρπίοις : cf. C . 1. 17. 5.
4. On the Acropolis : cf. Hdt. 8. 55; Soph. Ο.C. 694 foll.
5. ¹ cf. C.P. 2. 11. 5.
6. ² ὰναθεραπε ύοι conj. W,; ὰναθεραπεύει Ald.
7. 3 ἢ εἰ καὶ ὅλως conj. W.; ἂ εἰ καὶ καλῶς U; ἀεὶ καὶ καλ ῶς M V; καὶ εἰ καλῶς Ald H.
8. ⁴ Sc. and then encourage new growth.
9. ¹ ἐξ αὐτῶν Ald., sc. τῶν ῥιζῶν; ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν conj. W.
10. ² i.e. such an argument practically assumes the permanence of the trunk, which in the case of the vine can hardly be considered apart from the root. δοκοίη τοιαύτη σύγκρισις I conj. from G; δικαιοτάτη σύγκρισις M VAld. ; δικαιοτάτηι συγκρίσεις U; δοκοίη εἶναι ἢ σύγκρισις conj. Sch.; so W. in his earlier edition : in his later editions he emends wildly.