THEOPHRASTUS 



KOI evifjov fjii]\wv. drrdvrwv Be otVcoSet? Kal TOI)? 

 ev TOVTW TO) yevei Oereov a\\oi Be ev a\\ois 

 vrrep wv drravrwv aKpi/Secrrepov ev rot? 



pijreov, avrd<; re rd$ i&eas 

 orcoaai teal ra? TT/^O? d\\ij\ovs 

 teal Tt? 97 efcdcrTOV (Averts /cal 



2 et Se KOI 1 TWV 8ev$a)V avrcoi> 



wcTTrep eKe^Orj, Sidcfropa eiSrj' rj fiev <ydp 



rj TT}? crvKr)<$ Kal TT}? 

 , olov e'Xar?;? TrevKrjs rwv 

 S' vSapijs, oiov dfjirreXov UTTLOV ^u,7;Xea?, 

 TWV Xa^avwowi' Se, olov GLKVOV KO\OKVI>TT]<; OpiSa- 

 Kivt]^' at Se [^17] Bpt/jLvnjTa riva e^owi, KaOdrrep 

 T) rou Ovfjiov Kal Ov/.if3pa^' al $e Kal evw 

 wcTTrep al rov 0e\ivov dvi']6ov /jbapdOov Kal 

 TOLOvrwv. &)? 8' avrXw? elireiv aTracrai Kara 

 l&iav (frvaiv eKaarou SevBpov Kal w? KaO* o\ov 



elrreiv fyvrov' rrav yap e'^et Kpdcriv riva Kal 

 ISiav, rjTrep oiKeia SfjXov ori rvy^dvei rot? vrro- 

 Ki/Jivois Kaprrols' MV roZ? TrXetcrroi? 



rai T9 6iOfOT?? OVK 



ev Tot? TrepiKaprriois' &io fj,d\\ov 



\a/jL/3dvei, Kal Tre^nv KaOapav Kal ei\iKpiv?) rj rov 



1 </ C. P. 6. 6. 4. 



2 T. is said to have written a treatise irep 



* o-rrwSTjs. OTTO'S is used specially of the juice of the fig 

 itself. 



4 /tT)Ko>j'os probably corrupt : it should be a tree. 



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