THEOPHRASTUS 



HapaTT\)]o~iov Be TOVTCI) fj,a\\ov Be rpojrov Tiva 

 0avfj.aaia)Tpov el' TI eV TWV (j)v\\o)v afarfffi pi^av, 

 olov (fca(TL rrepl 'O-TroiWa Troidpicv elvai, o /ecu 

 l eaTiv r)Bv. TO yap av TMV OepfjLw 

 TJTTOV, OIL av ev v\rj ftaOela <nrapy 

 Trjv pl^av vrpo? TTJV yfjv KOI fiXaardvei Sta 

 TJJV ivxyv. a\\a Srj ra? fjiev TWV pt^&v Bi 



e/c TOVTWV 



VIII. Twv owBpwi' ra? roiavras av TI<; \afioi 



^ i ' >' \ N ^'i*' \r>''o 



oia(popas. cart, yap ra f^ev o^cooij ra o avo^a 



Kai <j)V(Tl KOi TO7T&) Kara TO /jia\\OV Kal ?]TTOV. 



civo^a Be \eyw ov% wcrTe fir] e^eiv oXw? ovBer 

 yap TOIOUTO Bevbpov, a\X' e'iTcep, eVt TWV aX\a)i' 

 oluv a^ofc^o? Tixpij KVTreipos 6'Xw? eVi TWV \tfjLvco- 



olov 



)/ Sd(j)vy] CTVKI} oXw? mivTa TO, \eto(f)\oia 

 oaa Kol\a Kal pavd. o^wSe? Be e\da 



TOVTG3V B TO, JLV V TfoXLCTKLOL^ KtU 



Kal etyvBpois, TO, Be ev vi]\ioi<> Kal 

 Kal 7ri'evuaTw&(Ti KOL XeTrroi? Kal i^r/poi 

 Ta fjiev yap dvo^oTepa, TCL Be ofaBeaTepa 



1 TI conj. W.; TIS MSS. 2 Plin. 21. 104. 



3 rf. 8. 11. 8 ; Plin. 18. 133 and 134. 



4 Sieipei conj. Sch. ; Sippet P,,Ald.; cf. C.P. 2. 17. 7. 



5 uos is the knot and the bough starting from it : cf. 

 Arist. de iuv. tt sen. 3. 



6 /art ruv conj. Coraiis ; r] rwv UM ; T)TTOV (erased) P (<'* 

 inarg. ) TJTTOV Aid. 



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