THEOPHUASTUS 



(f)VTat [JLOVOV, olov e\drrj TrevKrj TTLTVS 0X0)9 TTO.V 



TO Kd)l'O(j)6pOV' TL > KOl (boll't^, 7T\r)V L Clpa V 



T$a(3v\a)vi Kal ttTTO TCOV pd/3Bc0v [oW] <pa&i rn'e? 

 fjio\evetv. KvrrdpiTTOs Be Trapa fjiev rotv a\\oi<; 

 diro cr7repfj.aTO<>, ev Kp^T/7 Be Kol LLTTO TOV (TreXe- 

 ^ou?, oloz^ 7rl T/}? bpeias ev Tap pa" Trapa TOVTOIS 

 <ydp ecmv f) Kovpi^o^evr) KVTrdpnTOS' avr^ 8e CLTTO 

 TT}? TO^TJS (B\acndveL iravia rpoTrov Te/jLi>Ofxevrj 

 teal CLTTO yrjs KOI diro TOV /jiecrov KOL euro TOV dvca- 

 repw ft\aGTdveL ^e evia^ov KOI ano T&V pi^wv 

 GTravlws Be. 



Ylepl 8e Spvos a^i<J^i]Tov(Tiv ol ^ev <ydp drro 

 <f)aai JJLOVOV, ol 8e KOL drro pitys 

 ol Se KOI air" avTOV TOV crreXe^oi'? 

 CLTTO Trapaa-Trdo'os &e KOA pifys ovSev 

 TWV fjir) 7rapaj3\acrTavovTa)v. 



* hrrdvTwv Be ocrwv TrXetou? at yevecreis, i] CLTCQ 

 /cal Tt /j,dX\.ov rj CLTTO 7rapa(f)vd$os 



fcal evavj)s, edv CLTTO 



TO, JJLV OUTft)? 7/ 6'Xw? CLTTO (f)VT6VTT]pLa)V 



7T6(f)VTev/j,va7rdvTa BoKel TOU? Kapirovs I^OJJLOLOVV. 

 ocra 8' UTTO TOV /capjrov TWV ^>vva^evwv Kal OVTCOS 

 /3\acrTdviv, a r nav&' &)? eiTre.lv %eipa), TO, Be Kal 

 o'Xw? e^tcjTarai TOV <yevovs, olov ayu,7reXo? ytt^Xea 

 (TVKrj poid aViOT e/c re <ydp T?}? Key^pafjiiSo^ ovBev 

 yiveTai <yevo$ 0X0)9 tf/jiepov, aXX' 17 epiveos rj 

 dypia VVK.?}, Biatyepovcra TroXXa/ti? Kal Trj ^poia- 

 xal <yap K y^eXatj/??? \evKrj Kal C 



1 /j.o\fveiv conj. Sch.; /j.<i}\veii> MSS.; fj.o<rxfvfiv conj. R. 

 Const, (f/. C.P. 1. 2 1). But cf. Hesych. s.v. noXevtiv. 



2 Plin. 16. 141. 3 *V1 conj. W.; ri UMVAld. 



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