THEOPHRASTUS 



r?} crapKi. 6V o Kai ufyaipeOevTWV ouoia 

 yiverai KoiXwaara T049 eVl TWV ^wwv. 

 4 Aia</>e/90fcri Be Kai rot? <uXXo9 KCU rot? areke- 



KOI T/} o\rj 



jap 7; (pvreia Kai eTrecrrpa/^/jLevrj KOL 

 ?, wcrre o^w&ij KOL /3pa%iav ryive- 

 ' TO Se %v\ov la"%upov {iev acrOevtcrTepov Be 

 cf)7]yov' TOVTO yap la-yvpoTaTov KOL acraTre- 

 (TTCLTOV. OUK opOo(j)Vj^ Be ovB' avTrj aXX' ?;rroi/ 

 ert r^9 rj/JiepiBos, TO 8e (TTeXe^o? Tra^vrarov, wcne 

 Kai TYJV o\7]v [jLOpfyrfV (3pa~)(elav eivar /cal yap 

 r; (j)vreia irepiKO/jLOs Kai ravrrj KOL OUK et? opOov. 

 r] Be alyi\w^r opOofyveaTd'Tov KOL v~^rri\orarov 

 i \et6rarov Kai TO %v\ov et? /i,7}/co? Lcr^vporaroi'. 

 (frverai Be ev TO?? epyaainois TJ airavlw^. 

 'H Be 7r\aTi>(f)vX\os Bevrepov opOofyvta Kai 

 , TT^O? Be rrjv ^pelav rrjv OLKoBo/^LK^ yel- 

 i]v a\.i(f)\oiov, <fyav\ov Be Kai et? TO 

 Kaietv Kai avOpuKeveiV, waTrep Kai TO TT)? aXt- 

 cj)\oiov, Kai 0pi7ri]BecrTaTOv uer* eKelvrjv' i] yap 

 aXt(/)Xoio? Tra^u /JLev e^ei TO o-TeXe^o? yavvov Be 

 /cal Kol\ov eav e^rj Tra^o? a>? eVt TO 7ro\v, Bi 

 o Kai a^pelov ei? Ta? OLKoBo/jids' ert, Be a-^Trerai 

 Ta^tcrTa* Kai yap evvypov eari TO BevBpov Bi' o 

 Kai Koi\rj yiverai. (fracrl Be Tives ovB* e 

 elvau [Movrj. \eyovcrtv a>? Kai Kep 

 avrat aovai yivovrat, KaiTrep /i|ro? OVK e 



1 i.e. at the ' top' end ; irp}>s : ? iv, irp^s being repeated by 

 mistake. 



2 Cww*' MSS.; wS>v conj. Palm. * Plin. 16. 22. 



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