THEOPHRASTUS 



teal <f)\oi(*)B)), KaOdrrep ?; cr/a'XXa, real ra? drro 

 TUV r>)9 u7TO7T(^vKVLa^' ov yap XeTrTOTTiTt Kal rra'^v- 

 rr)Ti Biaffrepovcri /JLOVOV, wajrep al rwv BevBpcov fcai 

 ra)V \a%dvoov, dXX' <\\\olov eleven TO yevos. 

 eK^avea-TUTrj B' IjBij 7; re rov dpov Kal rj rov KV- 

 rrelpov rj fjiV <yap rra^ela Kal Xaa Kal <rapKa)8i)<s, 

 f) Be \7rrr] Kal IvcoSv)?. StoTrep airopy]GeLv av 

 Tf? el pifas ra? rot-aura? Oereov rj fjLtv yap Kara 

 77)9 &6j;aiV av, y Se virevavriw*; e^ovcri Ta?9 

 XXai9 OVK av >6j;aiv. rj /j,ev <yap pl^a XeTrro- 

 repa 77/009 TO Trapped Kal ael avvo^vs' rj Be TWV 

 aKi\\S)V Kal TWV /3oX/3w^ Kal TMV apa)v ava- 

 rra\tv. 



9 "Ert S' at /JLV aXXat Kara TO TrXdyiov a<f>ia<Fi 

 pt^a9, al Be TWV O~KI\\WV Kal rwv /3o\/3wv OVK 

 d<f)i.daiv' ov&e TWV (TKopoBcov Kal TCOV tcpo/uvwv. 

 oX&)9 Be ye ev ravrais al Kara ^ecrov K T/^9 

 K$a\r)<; rjpr^/j-evai (fiaiVOVTat, pitai Kal rpe<pov- 

 rai. TOVTO 8' coo~7Tp Kv/jLa ?} Kaprrbs, oOev Kal ot 

 eyyeoroKa \6yovT$ ov KaKw^' eirl Be TWV d\\a)v 

 TotovTO /jLev ovBev ecrriv errel Be irkeiov rj (friKTis 

 77 Kara piLav ravrr) drropiav e'xei. TO yap B>j 

 rfdv Xeyeiv TO Kara yr)<$ pi^av OVK opObv Kal yap 

 av o Kav\os rov /3o\/3ov Kal 6 rov yy]6vov Kal 



1 ras conj. Sell.; rrjs Ald.H.; 



2 a\\' a\\o~iov fx ovffi conj. St.; aAAa Xflov exovres PM\ 

 Aid.; aAAoIW tx- mBas.mP from G; dAA' a\\o?ov 



conj. Seal. 3 </. 4. 10. 5. 



4 K a\ ael Aid. ; ae! K al conj. W. 6 Plin. 19. 99. 



8 cf. the definition of ' root,' 1. 1. 9. 



7 tyyeoTOKa \eyov-res conj. W. ; cf. 77 rwv e 

 Tovraiv ytvns in Athenaeus' citation of this passage '2. 60) ; 



46 



