THEOPHRASTUS 



ft>9 TJ}? (^ucreco? OafAVtoBovs oi/cr;;?. 



* $> ' - > > t ^ / > ' 



o av oo!~iev ouo 77 aijXea ouo ?/ 



uS' 77 drrtos eivai, ovS* oXco? ocra 7rapa(3\a- 

 a UTTO ra)i> pi,wv a\\a rfj afycoyf) roiavra 

 rwv a\\wv. evia 6e KOI ewcri 

 Sia Xerrrorrjra, /caOajrep poav 

 /jffj\eav ecocri Se /cal ra? e'Xaa? KOTrdSas KOL ra? 



4 Ta^a S' civ TI<$ (frair) Kal oX&>? fjteyeOei Kal /JLL- 

 KpoTTjTi BiaipeTCov eivai, TO, Be lo")(yi Kal do~6eveia 

 Kal rro\v)(povi6Tr]TL Kal o\iyoxpoi>ioTr)Ti. TCOV TC 

 yap (bpvyavwowv Kai \ayavwoo3v evia uovo- 

 (7TeXe^ Kal olov BevBpov fyvcriv e^ovTa yiveTai, 

 KaOdirep pdfyavos mjyavov, o6ev Kal 

 Tives TO, ToiavTa $evBpo\d%ava, TCL re 

 rrdvTa rj TCL TrXetcrra OTav eyKaTaaeivrj 



wcrTrep aKpe/jLovas Kal yiveTai TO o\ov ev 



5 Ata 8^ TavTa werrrep \eyofjiev OVK at 

 reov rw opw aXXa TW TVTTW \r)7rTeov 

 diopter fjiovs' errel Kal ra? Siaipeo~eis o/iotco?, olor 

 fffieptov dypiwv, Kaprrotyopcov aKapTrwv, dvOo&opwv 

 dvai'Owv, dei(f)v\\ci)v (j)v\\o/3o\cov. Ta ^v ydp 

 dypia Kal i]iJ.epa irapa TifV dywy^v eivai BoKel- 

 rrdv ydp Kal dypiov Kal ^[Jiepov ^CTLV "\7nrwv 

 yivecrflat Tvy^dvov rj f^rj rvy%dvov 



1 i.e. so that the tree conies to look like a shrub from the 

 growth of fresh shoots after cutting, cf. 2. 6. 12 ; 2. 7. 2. 



2 fidtyavos conj. Bod. from G ; patyavls Aid. 



8 cf. 3. 2. 2. The Ionian philosopher. See Zeller, Pre- 

 Socrafir Philosophy (Eng. trans.), 1. 281 f. 

 4 K a\ add. W.; soG. 

 B ^ conj. Sch.; Ka \ UAld.Cam.Bas.H. 



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