THEOPHRASTUS 



7u/j,\eiav, ol? Kal TO aypiov e 

 teal avTO)v Be TWV t f ]fj.epwv evia aTraypiourat, olo 

 poa KCU d/jLvyBa\f). 77877 Be TLves Kal CK KpiOwv 

 dvatyvi'ai aai irvpoiis Kal CK Trvpwv Kpi9d<$ Kal 

 10 eTrl TOV avrov irvQfievo? a/j,(f)co. Tavra /JLV ovv 



ovv ra fjLeTaftd\\ovTa TOV Tpojrov TOVTOV avTO- 

 ' e^a\\ayfj Se ^co/?a?, uxnrep ev ALJUTTTW 

 K.L\iKLa Trepl TO)V pocov i7ro/.iev, ov8e Bia 

 depajreiav. 



&e Kal OTTOV ra Kapirifjui aKapjra 

 , KaOdirep TO Trepcriov TO e AlyvTTTOv Kal 

 6 (froivij; ev TTJ 'EXXaSt Kal el Sij TI<? KO/jLicreie TIJV 

 ev KpiJTy \eyo/jLvr]v aiyeipov. evtoi Be fyacri Kal 

 Trjv orjv edv et? dXeeivov e\6r) <r(f)6Bpa TOTTOV 

 aKapTTOv ryiveaOai' (pvcret yap ^rv^pov. ev\oyov 

 Se d/jL<poTepa av/jL/3aiv6iv /tara ra? 

 eiirep yLf>/S' oXco? evia (ftvecrOaL 

 \ovTa TOU? TOTTOL/?. Kal KaTa jiev ra? 



a TOiavTai 



11 Kara Be rrjv (frvTeiav TO, UTTO TWV (T7rep/j,dTO)V 

 , KaQdirep eXep^?;' iravTolai yap ai 

 Kal TOVTWV. TTJ Oepaireia Be yu,era- 

 /3aXXet poa Kal d/jivyBaXrj' poa /^ev Kojrpov veiav 

 \a/3ovcra Kal uSaro? TrX^o? pVTOV' d/jLvyBaXf) Be 

 OTav 7raTTa\ov rt? evOfj, Kal TO BaKpvov dcfraipfj 

 TO eTrippeov 7T\LO) ^povov Kal T^v a\\rjv d 



1 <Evia airayptovrai olov COnj. W. ; tvia KO\ airopfi re p6a U\ r ; 

 ^. Kal airopfi TO. {>6a M ; ^. Kal airoppei TO. poa Aid. 



2 i.e. cultivation has nothing to do with it. 



3 2. 2. 7. 4 cf. 3. 3. 4. 6 Plin. 17. 242. 

 8 i.e. improve, cf. 2. 2. 6 ad fin. 



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