Enquiry into Plants

Αἱ δὲ τῶν ῥιζῶν καὶ τῶν καρπῶν καὶ τῶν ὀπῶν φύσεις ἐπεὶ πολλὰς ἔχουσι καὶ παντοίας δυνάμεις, ὅσαι ταὐτὸ δύνανται καὶ τῶν αὐτῶν αἰτίαι, [*](¹ ἀπιθανώτερα conj. Scat. after G: so also Cod Cas. Vin. Vo.; πιθανώτερα U*; πιθανότερα Ald.) [*](² τριπόλιον UMU*Ald.; G from Plin. 21. 44 has polium. It may be observed that τριπόλιον can hardly have occurred in a hexameter. Hesych., however, gives τρισπόλιον as the name)

καὶ πάλιν ὅσαι τὰ ἐναντία, διαπορήσευεν ἄν τις κοινὸν ἴσως ἀπόρημα καὶ ἐφ᾿ ἑτέρων ἀπόρων, πότερον ὅσα τῶν αὐτῶν αἴτια κατὰ μίαν τινὰ δύναμίν ἐστιν, ἢ καὶ ἀφ᾿ ἑτέρων ἐνδέχεται ταὐτὸ γίνεσθαι. τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ταύτῃ ἠπορήσθω· εἰ δέ τινων καὶ ἄλλων τὰς φύσεις ἢ τὰς δυνάμεις ἔχομεν εἰπεῖν, ταῦτα ῥητέον.