Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 6.2

ed. Arthur Hort

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

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Current edition First1KGreek

Enquiry into Plants (Greek) (Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Hort, Heinemann, 1916)

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Enquiry into Plants

1. ¹ i.e. there is a gradation.
2. ² κίσθος conj. Sch..; κισσὸς Ald.H.
3. 3 σπειραία conj. Sch. from Plin. 21. 53; σμηρέα Ald G.
4. 4 θύμβρα σφάκος conj. Sch.; θύμθρας φακὸς UMVAld.
5. 5 cf. 6. 2. 5.
6. 6 ναρθηκώδη = hollow-stemmed, ἐννευρόκαυλα = plants with a plain unjointed stem, solid with ‘immersed’ fibres. In the
7. ¹ cf. 1. 10. 4.
8. ² Apparently an afterthought, suggested by the mention of the woodiness of the branches.
9. 3 περιλαμβάνει conj. W. from G; περιλαμβάνειν Ald.
10. 4 Plin. 21. 55.
11. 1 λαμβάνειν P2Ald.: lit. ‘take hold’, cf. 6. 2. 6; βλαστάνειν
12. ²σφάκος conj. Sch.: σφάκελος UMVP2Ald.; Plin. 22, 146 and 147.
13. ¹ λαμβάνει Ald.; ἁδρύνει conj. W. But cf. the somewhat similar use 6. 2. 4.
14. ² contra bestiarum morsus Plin. l.c.
15. 3 Plin. 13. 132 and 133.
16. 4 The form of expression in the repeated ὑπὲρ seems loose,