THEOPHRASTUS 



av o\a)<} d<j>v\\a ivai,, eviots Be dtcavdav 

 elvai <pu\\ov Be 0X0)5 OVK e^eiv, /caOdrrep a 



Hd\iv B 1 OTL ra fxev d/juo~%a, /caOdrrep ra TT}V 

 (T/aXX?;? Kal TOV /3o\/~jov, ra B' e^ovra yLicryov. 

 KOI ra /jLev fjicucpov, olov i] a[A7T\o<; /cal 6 KITTOS, 

 ra Be (Bpa~%vv /cal olov e/nrreipuKora, KaOdjrep e\da 

 real ov% wcnrep ejrl T^? Tr\ardvov /cal d/jL7re\ov 

 7rpoa">]pTi]/jtevov. Siatpopa Be /cal TO /j,rj e/c TMV 

 avrwv eivai T^V Trpoa-fyvcrLV, d\\a rots" /J>ev 

 e/c TWV ic\d$(ov rot? Be /cal e/c rwv 

 , T/}? &pvbs Be /cal e/c rou crreXe 

 Be \a^avwBh)v rot? vroXXot? ev0v$ etc 



, olov KpO/jLVOV CT/COpSoV Kl^OpLOV, Tl Be 



dcr(j)oBe\ou o~/ci\\r)s /SoX/9oO aiavpiy^LOu /cal 

 oXw? TO)v /9oX/9ft>Sw^' /cal rovrutv Be ov% rj 

 fiovov e/c^i/crt? aXXa /cal 0X0? o /cav\b<? 

 eviwv 8' orav yevijrai, <f>v\\a el/cos, olov 

 WKLUOV <re\lvov /cal TWV o-iTtjptov o 

 8* evia TOVTWV /cal rov /cav\bv elr d/cavOi^ovra, 

 a)? 7; OpiBa/civr) /cal rd <f)v\\d/cav0a Trdvra /cal 

 0a/AV(0Ba)V Be /cal en yuaXXoy, olov 



1) Be Bta(j)opd Trdvrajv 6/1.0/609 BevBpcov /cai 

 a\\u>v OTL ra [lev TroXu^uXXa ra 8' 0X^70- 

 (f>v\\a. co? B' 7rl TO rrdv TO, TrXaru^uXXa Tal- 

 <f)v\\a, Kafldrrep [j,vppivo<?, TO, B' aTa/CTa /cal <i? 

 , KaOdirep a^eBbv TCL TrXetcrra TWV dXXcov 



1 Plin. 16. 91. 2 ^) conj. W. ; r, Ald.H. 



3 (v'iuv . . . fltcts. So Sch. explains : text probably de- 

 fective. 



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