Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 4.4

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 Lepus Aegyptiacus. cf. Arist. H.A. 8. 28.
2. 2 ὡς κατὰ conj. Scal. from G; ὥστε τὰ Ald. H.
3. ¹ ἐλάαν conj. Spr.; ἐλάτην MSS. cf. Hdt. 1. 193; Xen. Anab. 4. 4. 13; Arr. Ind. 40.
4. 2 κιττὸν conj. W., cf. Arr. Anab. 5. 1. 6; καὶ τὴν UMV; καὶ τῷ Ald. H. ³ λέγεται add. W.
5. 4 ἐξοδίας UMVP; Ἰνδίας W. with Ald.
6. 5 κιττῷ εἶναι conj. W.; εἶτα μεῖναι U; εἶτα μὴ εἶναι MVPAld.
7. ¹ τις add. W. from Athen. l.c.; θανάσιμον . . . φάρμακον add. Sch. from Athen. l.c. ² Plin. 11. 278; 12. 16.
8. ³ ἁδρὸν ᾖ W. from Athen. l.c., whence διαφυτεύεται W, etc. for διαφυτεύηται Ald. H. ἁδρόν τι UMVAld.
9. ¹ οὗ conj. W.; αἷς UMV Ald.
10. 2 ἄφυλλοι conj. Dalec.; δίφυλλοι UV Ald.; so also MH., omitting καὶ.
11. 3 ἐξήκοντα . . . τετταράκοντα MSS.; ἓξ . . τεττάρων conj. Salm. cf. Plin. l.c.; Strabo 15. 1. 21.
12. 1 Plin. 12. 25.
13. 2 See Index. Plin. 12. 17– 19.
14. ³ Pistachio-nut. see Index App. (7). Plin. 12. 25. Nic. Ther. 894.
15. ¹ cf. 8. 4. 2. whence it appears that the original text here contained a fuller account. Plin. 18. 71.
16. ² Sorghum halepense. 3 Sc. of Alexander.
17. 4 The verb seems to have dropped out (W.).
18. ¹ καὶ σχεδὸν. . . μορφῇ conj. W.; σχεδὸν δὲ καὶ τὴν φύσιν ὥσπερ μετ. κοτ. καὶ ἐλ ἐστι δὲ τῆ ὅλῃ μορφῇ καὶ τὸ φ. Ald.; so also U, omitting the first καί.
19. ² Balsamodendron Mukul; see Index App. (9). Plin. 12 33.