THEOPHRASTUS fcal d(f)atpovaLv
fiaro^y hi
avrd*
yap
/C(ov€t
rrjv
Tov GiKVOV jSXdaT7](TLV» (f)aal Be koI Trj<^ /uLr)ea<; T^9 Mt^S^/ct}? oaa fiev eyei tmv dvdcov coairep rjXaKdT7]v Tiva nrec^VKvlav yovifJia,
oaa
8e
fir}
fieaov ravr
in:
eyet ravr ayova,
el
elvai
eV
Se /cal
aXXov TLVo^ ravra av/jL^aLvei tcov dvOocj)6pcov Mare dyovov avOo^ (f)veLv etre Ke^wpiafxevov etre fxrjy
(TtceTTTeov,
ye evta
iirel yevrf
dWa
dSvvaTei reXeofcapTretv, dvOov^ rj yeveai<^»
p6a<;
(TiveraL he
/cal
to ye
TTVKvov
/cal
poScov*
/cdTcoOev
MCFTrep
eKTeT pa pufxevo^;
Trj<;
tov
fie^pi
poa^ avOo^ ttoXv Ka
oXa)9 o 6y/co^ 7raTV<; coairep 6 S*
Ka
fcal d/jLireXov
eTepoto<;*
olo<;
tS)v
Blcoto<; fiiKpo^
6 kvtlvo<; e^cov tcl %6tX77
pvXoyhii.)
^aal
Se Ttve^ /cal tcov opboyev&v tcl /xev dvOelv
KaBdirep tcov
TCL S' ov,
(J)olvl/ccov
tov
/nev
dppeva
dvOelv TOV he OrjXvv ovk dvdelv aXX' f^vOv Tvpo(^aiveiv tov Kapirov,
Ta ^
i.e.
^ i.e.
ovv
piev
the
tco yevei
TavTa T0iavT7]v
ttjv Blu-
pistil.
as seen
from above:
corolla, KOLTooQ^v
.
.
.
koI oXcav
^uvx^Sry the
,
.
.
the
pSBcav describes
undeveloped ovary, including
the adherent calyx. ^
podoov conj.
Bod.
poocu
Aid.
I conj. ; 8' erepoi St' uy us /xiKphv (inTTzcp iKr€TpafMiJ.4uos k6tivos €X(*}^ tcl X^'^^V I^vx(*>^V UMVAld. (except that Aid. has &uco for x^*^^ ^^^ iKrerpafiiJLcpov so also P, but ifcrerpa/jL/iievos). The sentence explains incidental!}^ why the pomegranate flower was called kutivos {cf. 2. 6. 12 ; C.P. 1. 14. 4; 2. 9. 3; 2. 9. 9; Diosc. 1. 110; Plin. 23. 110 '*
KaToodeu
.
.
.
iJ.vx<*'^V
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