Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 8.3

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. and so in part account for the difference. εἴη τῆς ὥρας conj Sch.; ᾖ τῆς χώρας MP; εἴη τῆς χώρας Ald. H.
2. 2 i. e. we cannot say how far the difference is due to climate without knowing whether the seed-time at either place is the same.
3. ¹ Plin. 18. 58. ² i. e. ‘summer crops ’: cf. 8. 1. 1.
4. ³ Sc. but not jointed. W. suggests that the original text may have been τῶν δὲ διόλου κοῖλος οἷον ὁ τοῦ κυάμου.
5. 4 μελίνον Ald. H.: ἐλύμον V: ἐλύμου Vin. cf. 8. 1. 1; 8. 1. 6.
6. 5 add St.: om. Ald. H.G. 1. 13. 1 (?)
7. 7 χνοώδη. No rendering seems quite satisfactory : the
8. ¹ μελίνου Ald. H.; ἐλύμου Vo. Vin. cf. 8. 3. 2 and reff.
9. ³ cf. 8. 3. 3. n. Plin. 18. 53.
10. 4 ἀπόχυσις conj. Sch. from G; ἀπόφυσις P2Ald. cf. 4. 4. 10, ἀποχεῖται; 8. 10. 4; C. P. 3. 21. 5.
11. 5 τὸ δ᾿ ὅλον : ? τὰ δ᾿ οἷον.