THEOPHRASTUS 



TreXo? e\da' rjs Kal drrorrirrrovra 



Kal rovro a^^elov \a[i/3dvovcriv i 

 dm'jvOrjKev edv jap crvrytcavfff] ?} 

 (Tvvarro[3d\\et rov Kaprrov KOI ov 

 yiyverai' a^eBbv Be real ra TroXXa rcov <di>0cov> 



V /jLeCTM TO TTeptKapTTlOV %l, TU^a Se KOi 



avrov rov TrepiKapTriov, icaOd-irep poa 

 KOKKVjjufkea /jLvpptvos, teal TMV ye (fipvyaviKwi' 

 poBcovia fcal ra 7ro\\a ra)i> crTe^avwrLKwv Kara) 

 yap VTTO TO av9o<i X L Ta "7r^/ Li ^Ta* (bavepa)- 



5> \ > \ r / 5. <s\ v >/ >r . v 



rarov O CTTL rov pooov cia TOV oyicov. evia Of 

 KOL eV avTwv rcov a7T6p/J,dra)v, Mcrrrep 6 afcavos 

 KOL 6 KinjKOs Kal Trdi Ta ra aKavctiSrj" Kaff e/caa- 

 rov yap %6i TO dvOos. o/u-otw? Be Kal r&v 

 rroiwcwv evia, KaOdrrep TO dvde/JLOV ev Se rois 

 o re CTLKVOS Kal ij KoXoKvvrrj Kal i/ 



rcvra yap et rwi> Kaprrwv e^et, Kal 



ra dvOr rro\vv 



"AXXa Be lSia)repa)s, olov o Kirros Kal 1} 



fj,ev yap e%ei Tot? ot? rrepi- 

 ov /JL^V ovre eV a/coi? OUT' eV/ 



7Tpiet\i](f)6(Ti. Kaff 1 tKaarov, aXV ev TO?? dva 

 /j,ecrov el yu-r) apa ov a~vvBr)\a Bia TO ^^owSe?. 



"Eo-T Be Kal dyova r)i> avfl&v evia, KaOdrcep 

 eirl r&v CTIKIHDV a etc rcov aKpwv (frverai rov K\JJ- 



1 cf. 3. 16. 4. 2 Lacuna in text ; avQuv I conj. 



3 Ta.x a Aid. ; TWO. W. after Sch. conj. 



4 ^7T(os conj. Bod.; ^7^05 Aid. H. 



5 i.e. composites. 



5 cnrep/uaTu-v conj. Dalec. from G ; ffro/j-druv Aid. 



7 /fai'oj conj. W.; &icapos UV. 



8 a/cai/^57) conj. W. ; a^Srj Ald.H. r/. 1. 10. 6 ; 6. 4. 4. 



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