THEOPHRASTUS 



AiaKaQaipeo-dai Be Trdvra tyrei- ySeXrtw yap 

 TWV avwv a^>aipov^evwv cocnrep a\\OTpia>v, a KCLL 

 Ta9 av^rjcreis Kal ra? rpocfras fj,7roBiei. oY o 

 Kal . . . orav 77 yepdvBpvov oXco? KOTTTOVCTIV' 77 yap 

 /3XacrT77cr9 vea yiverai TOV SevSpov. 7T\icrrij<; Se 

 $iaKaddpae(t)$ faiGiv 'Av&poriwv Seia-Qai fJLVppivov 

 KCU e\dav oaw yap av eXarrw KaTokiTrys, a^eivov 

 /SXacrr^cret Kal TOV Kapjrov ol'dei TrXetw TrXr/r 

 ayu-TreXoi; $r)\ov oil- ravrrj yap dvay/caiorepoi' 



l 7T/J09 /3\,d(TTr)criv Kal TT/JO? evtcapiriav. 



Kal TavTTjv Kal TIJV aX\t]v Oepaireiav vrpo? 

 (frvcnv CKCLGTW TroLrjreov. 



Aetcr^at Se <f)7j(nv 'Av&porLWV Kal Koirpov 

 Kal fr\i(TTrj<; vSpeias, wcrirep Kal 77)9 

 , e\dav Kal /Auppivov Kal poav ou 



\v / >r^\' \^>^/ 



yap e^eiv fjirjipav ovoe voar]/Jia Kara 7?;? ovoev 

 d\\* eVeiSai/ Tra\aiov f) TO Sev&pov, aTrorefiven' 

 Selv rovs aKpefjLovas eireiTa TO <jTeXe^o? Oepa- 

 Treveiv axiTrepdv e dp%)j<; (frvrevdev ovro) Be 

 fyacn 7ro\vxpovia>Tepa Kal Id^vpoTara fivppivov 

 elvai KOL ekdav. ravra fiev ovv eTrtc 

 av Tt?, el Kal /AT) iravra aXXa Trepi ye 



'H Be KOTrpo? ovre TTCLGIV 6/Wa>? ovO* rj avrij 

 TTCLGLV dp/AorreL' Ta [lev yap Bpijj^las Belrai ra 



' Y]TTOV ra Be Traz^TeXw? KoiHpijs. BpL/jivrdrij Be 

 TI TOV dv0pct)TTOV KaOdirep Kal Xa/oroSpa? 

 aplaTrjv fiev ravr^jv eli'al (^TJCTL, Bevrepav Be TTJV 

 veiav, TpiTT)v Be alyos, TerdpT-rjv Be Trpoftdrov, 



1 Plin. 17. 248. * Name of tree missing. Sch. 



8 C/. C.P. 3. 10. 4. * TOUTT; conj. W.; TOUTTJJ Aid. 



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