THEOPHRASTUS 



<rdp' dp%al jap avrai' rr\i]v el ris \eyot 

 rwv (Troi^eLoyv Bvvd/j,eis, avrai Be Koival rrdv- 

 rwv. T) [lev ovv ovaia /cal rj O\TJ fyvcrLS ev rovrois. 



"AXXa 8* earlv cocnrep errereca fiepr) ra 

 rrjv KapTTOTOKiav, olov ^>v\\ov avOos 

 TOUTO 8' early u> avi'^pr^raL TT/OO? TO <pvrov TO 

 (pv\\ov /cal 6 Kaprros' eri Be [eX-t^] (Bpvov, ot? 

 /cal errl rracn arrepixa ro rov Kaprrov' 

 S* e<7Tt TO crvyKei/jievov crrrepfjLa /juera rov 

 TrepiKapTTLOV. Trapa Be ravra evi&v iBia arra, 

 KaOdrcep r) fcrj/cls Bpvb? /cal f) e\i% a/A7reXou. 



Kal TO?? jjiev BevBpe&iv ecrriv ovrws BiaXafteiv. 

 TO?? 8' eVeTetot? Bfj\ov a>? arravra errireia' 

 /*e%pi yap rwv Kaprcwv f) (pvcris. ocra Brj errereio- 

 Kaprra /cal oaa Bieri^ei, KaOdrcep aeXivov /cal a\\' 

 arra, /cal oaa Be rr\ei(o %povov e^ei, rovrois 

 arracn /cal 6 /cav\o<? d/coXov&tfcrei /card \6yov 

 orav yap arrep/JLO^opelv aehXaxri,, rore Ktcav\ov- 

 <riv, a>5 eveica rov arrepi^aro^ ovrwv r&v Kav\wv. 



Ta^Ta uev ovv ravrrj BirjprfcrOo), rwv Be dpn 

 elprjuevwv uepwv -neipareov e/cacrrov elrrelv ri 

 ear w co? ev rvrry \eyovras. 



To aev ovv vypbv (fravepov o Brj /caXoucrt rives 

 ev arrao~iv orrov, wcrrrep Kal Meveo-rcop, 01 



conj. Sch. (but he retracted it) ; <rvvov<rta MSS. (?) 

 Aid. 



2 This definition is quoted by Hesych. s.v. /itVxos. 



* 1 om. ?Aif, which is mentioned below. 



4 rb <rvyKt:ip.fvov atrip^a, lit. 'the compound seed,' i.e. as 

 many seeds as are contained in one 



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