THEOPHRASTUS 



eXarrw re TI KCU evwSecrrepov KOI arpv(j)i'6repoi , 

 ware SvvaaOai TrXeiO) ^povov Orjcravpl^eaOai. 

 TrvKvoTepov Be teal TO %v\ov TOVTWV teal %av6oTepov, 

 ra S' aXXo. O^JLOIOV. TO S' avOos Traawv OJULOLOV 

 d/jivyB(i\rj, TT\^V OVK epvOpov warrep eKeivo aXX' 

 7^XwyooT6/)o^ ....... /jieyedei /j^eya TO SevSpov 



teal TrepiKojuiov. <f)v\\or &e TO [lev eVt ...... 



TroXfo-^iSe? Se Kal ei> a/cpro creXtz/oeiSe?, TO 8' 

 tVl TWV TToXaiOTepcov TroXucr^tSe? atyo&pa KOL 



\eTTTOTepov o~e\ivov Kal rrpo^Kea-Tepov Kal TO 

 o\ov Kal TCL G%i(TfjLaTa, TrepiKe^apayiJLevov 5e 

 S' e%et \GTTTOV (JbaKpov rrpo TOV 



Be TO SevBpov Kal jSaOvppi^ov- SL o Kal %p6mov 

 Kal Svaa)\e0pov. Kal TO %v\ov e^ei TTVKVOV Kal 

 6 (TTepeov Kal daarre^. (f)i>6Tai Se Kal O-TTO 

 Kal diro TrapacrTraSo?. vocnifjia Be 



Kal 01 crK(t)\r)Kes /j,eyd\oi Kal L^toi r) ol e/c 

 bev&pwv TWV a\\a)v. 



rp^ C 1 ' ' " C 1 ' ' " v ^ 



Lav o OLWV ovo yevr) rroiovcri, TO [lev 



Kap7TO(f)6pOV 0)]\V TO 6 ClppCV aKapTTOV 0V }Jbr)V 



aXXa Biatyepovai rot? Kaprrols, TCO ra? fjiev 

 &Tpo r /yv\ov ra? 8e Trpo/jiiJKr) ra9 8' cooetS?} (frepeiv. 

 Sia<f)pov(Ti Be Kal rot? ^uXots* a>? yap errl TO 



re TI conj. W.; ^Aarrw 6<VJ UAld. 



* W. suggests that some words are missing here, as it does 



not appear to which kind of ^etnr/ATj the following descrip- 

 tion belongs ; hence various difficulties. See Sch. 



3 Probably a lacuna in the text. W. thus supplies the 

 sense : he suggests <riKvoti8es for <rf\ivofi$(t. 



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