Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 8.7

ed. Arthur Hort

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

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Enquiry into Plants

1. 1 Plin 18. 149 and 150: cf. C. P. 4. 5. 2.
2. 2 πόα : ? grasses; cf. 8. 6. 1.
3. 3 πειρῶνται γάρ τινες H.; ἀπειρῶνται· αἰτιῶνται γάρ τινες U; ἂ πειρῶνται· αἰτιῶνται γάρ τινες PM : so also Ald. Bas. Cam. with mark of corruption.
4. 4 εὐθὺς γὰρ τοῦ conj. Sch.; εὐθὺς τὸ τοῦ Ald.
5. ¹ Lit. ‘does not make fallow land.' cf. C. P. 4. 8. 3.
6. 2 ὡς καρπιζόμενον Ι conj. after W. (καρπιζόμενον τὴν γῆν); καρπῦς U; καρπὸς M ; καρπὸν Ald. cf. C. P. l. c. and 4. 8. 1 ; 4. 8. 3 : μὴ καρπί ζεσθαι τὴν γῆν ἀλλὰ νειὸν ποιεῖν (? 〈νέοις〉) καρποῖς, ‘for fresh crops.'
7. ³ δὲ conj. W.; γε Ald. ⁴ cf. C. P. 4. 8. 3.
8. 5 ἡ ἀρίστη νειὸς conj. W. (cf. 8. 9. 1; C. P. 4. 8. 1); χειρίστη νήπιος U; χειρίστην νήπιος ΜP; καλλίστη νειὸς Ald. cf. also C. P. 3. 20. 7.
9. ¹ ἰλὺν conj. Sch. from Plin. 18. 12: ὕλην Ald. H.
10. ² Text perhaps defective : cf. Plin. l.c.
11. ¹ τούτων conj. Sch.; τούτους Ald. H.
12. ² cf. Lewis and Short s. υ. agna.
13. ³ C. P. l.c. gives the reason.
14. 4 τοσαυταχῶς conj. Scal.; τοσαυταχεῖς Ald. H.