THEOPHRASTUS 



Tpoi> Kal ov\orepov ?; Be rarreivorepa Kal fjrrov 

 euav{;i]<; Kal rpa^vrepa Kal (TK\i]porepa real %av- 

 Oorepa. ra Be <pv\\a rco /jiev a^/j/jLart BafivoeiB)"), 

 7rXaTf(/>uXXof Sa^y?;?, et? o^vrepoi' be avvqyueva, 

 fj,bv Be riv e^ovra KVK\U> teal e 

 ' TO B o\ov, ovrep ^LTTOL Ti? av 





olov Iva Kara <yovv Kal crv^vyLav TCL 



Kal eirl T?}? OLIJS. ecm Be 

 /3pa%ea ra yovara Kal at &vvyiat TO 7r\ 

 , TWV 8e T/}S" XCVKIJS Kal /naKpa 

 Kal ra Ka0 y eKacrTov (f)v\\a aaKporepa 

 Kal (TTei'orepa, T^V Be ^poav TrpaacoBij. (f)\oioi> 

 Se \elov e^L, KaTrvpov Be Kal \67rroi> Kal r/; 



4 %pOa TTVppOV. TTVKVOppi^OV &6 Kttl TTa'^Vppl^OL' 



Kal fjLeTzwpov. Kapirov Be 01 uev Trepl rrjv "IB^v 



> r ^ / /-) >' > 5-' ' /] >' 5 1 * ' 



ov% vTre\afjLpavov e^eiv ovo avuos" e%ei o ev 

 \oj3w XeTTTw Kapirov Kapvrjpov a>? TMV d/j,vy8a- 

 \wv viroTUKpov rfj ryeucrei. (frepei Be Kal erep' 

 drra olov fipva, Kaddrrep r) BcKpvrj, TrX?/^ <7Ti(f)p6- 

 repa' Kal eKacrrov Kad' auro atyaipoeiBes, aicnrep 

 ra rcov 7r\ardi>u>v rovrwv Be ra uev Trepl roi> 

 Kapirov, ra 8' drrriprrifjLeva TroXi;, Kal ra 

 OVTW. (pverai Be r) fiev Xeta Trepl ra 

 udX-iara Kal etyvBpa, rj Be rpa^ela Kal Trepl rd 

 Kal TrerpcoBij. eviot, Be Ka\ovcri Ti)V fJLev /jie\iav 



1 ov\6repov : a.vov\&T-(pov W. from Sch.'s conj.; &vov\o<; 

 does not occur elsewhere, and T. uses /j.av6s as the opposite 

 of oSAos. 



2 i.e. instead of considering the leaflet as the unit. For 

 the description cf. 3. 12. 5; 3. 15. 4. 



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