THEOPHRASTUS 



\anfBdveu 1 , KadaTrep TJ}? e'Xaa?, ayiaawrd re TO 

 v\ov KciTwOev Kal \i0ov e/A/3a\6vTa (frvreveiv 

 ofjLoiws Be Kal T/}? e'Xaa? Kal crvKfjs Kal TWV aX- 

 \cov. <$VTVTai Be f) GVKJ] Kal edv T9 KpdB^v 

 ira^elav diro^vva^ crfyvpa TraCy, a^/H ov ai> 

 aTro\'nrr} fjuxpov vjrep TT}? 7^9, etr' ai^r/}? CL^^LOV 

 fia\u>v avwOev eTrt^cocrrj' Kal yiveaOai Sij <pacri 

 KOL Ka\\ia) ravra ra (frwrd, H<."%pi> ov av y 

 vea. 



5 Hapa7r\^(TLa Kal TWV d/j,7re\a)v, orav CLTTO 

 TOV TrarraXou' TrpooBoTroiel jap 6 

 O) K\t]^aTi Sia rr)v aaOe 

 ovrco Kal poav KOI a\\a T&V SevBpcov. 

 7} avKi] Be, eav ev aKi\\rj (^urevOfj, QCLTTOV Trapa- 

 yiverai Kal YITTOV VTTO <JKW\TI]KWV Karea0LTat. 

 oXco? Be Trav ev crKi\\r) <f)VTev6/j,evov 

 KOL Oa-rrov av^dverai. oaa Be K TOV 

 Kal BiaKOTTTo/aeva (frvTeveTai, KUTCO TpeirovTa 



Bel fyvTevew, BiaKoTTTeiv Be /j,rj e'Xarrw 



axTTrep e^e^Ot), Kal TOV 

 8' 



irpocrevai' (veTai K TV TOLOVTWV epvrj' 

 S' del Trpoo-^covi'veiv, a^pc, ou av 



dpTLOV aim; /j,ev ovv T^? e'Xaa? IBia Kal TOV 

 ^vppivov, al B* aXXat KoivoTepac Trdcriv. 

 e "ApicrTov Be Kal pi^uxraaOaL Kal (frvTCias yttaXt- 

 crra TT}? TV^ova^ 7} avKrj. (f>VT6veiv Be poa? /j,ev 



1 r) before TTJS om. W. 2 re rb conj. W. ; r6 re MVP. 



5 nal T^JJ 6'Ao/os U ; ^AcJas MVP ; SO W. 



4 Plin. 17, 123. 5 cf. C.P. 3. 12. 1. 



9 cf. 1. 13. 4 ; G. P. 5. 6. 10 (where another bulb, <r x ls, is 

 mentioned as being put to the same use) ; Atheu. 3. 13 ; 

 Plin. 17. 87. 



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