THEOPHRASTUS 



4 'H Be Ko/jiapos, r) TO fie/uLaiKv\ov (frepovcra TO 



ir>'^ * \ v >>' / v ^ v i-\ r 



eocoot/jLOv, ecrTt /j,ev OVK ayav f^eya, TOV de q>\oiov 

 \eTTToi' fjiev Trapo/J.oiov pvpiKr], TO Be (f>v\\ov 

 : v rrp'ii'ov Kal Bd<j)vij<>. dvOel Be TOV 



V P> V >' /] /I >V " 



Ta oe avurj TrecpvKev aTro /Jiia 

 eir 1 aKpwv fioTpvBov TT)Z/ Be /j,op<f)i]v CKacrTov 



eCTTlV OflOLOV fJLVpTW TT pO^KCl Kal TO) /jLye0l Be 



.IKOVTOV a<f)V\\ov Be Kal KOL\OV wcrrrep 



KKKO\a/jLfjLeVOV TO CTTOyLta B 



oTav 8' aTravOi'icrr], Kai TI rrpoa^vo'i^ 

 TO B* aTravOfjffav \7TTov Kal warrep a<f)ovBv\os 

 aTpaKTOV r) Kapveios AwpiKos' o Be Kaprros 

 w TreTtaivGTai, wa6 a/tta trv/iftaLvei TOVTOV 

 T e\eiv Kal TOV eTepov dvOelv. 



6 Tlapo/jioiov Be TO <f)i>\\ov Kal 7; dvBpd%\y e^et 

 T) Kop-apw, fjLeyeQos OVK ayav fj,eya~ TOV Be (f)\oiov 

 \elov eX L Ka ^ r Kpipp r l r y vv l J ' evov ' KapTrbv 



O/JLOIOV TT) KOfjLUpW. 



8 "OfAOlOV ' eCTTt TOVTOIS TO (f)V\\OV Kal TO 



f V C'^C >/ ^ ' >' ^ v >' 



KOKKvyeas' TO oe oevopov fJLiKpov. toiov oe ey 

 TO eK7ramrovo'0ai TOV KapTrov TOVTO yap ovB' 



i > f \ > ' >/-y -\ r> / 5> 



<p evo<> a/cr)/coafjLV aK\ov oevopov. 



ovv KOivoTepa TrXetocri ^a)yoat? Kal TOTTOIS. 



1 Plin. 15. 98 and 99 ; Diosc. 1. 122. s October. 



8 fKKeico\au/j.Vov MV, cf. Arist. H.A. 6. 3 ; 

 UAld. 4 cf. 1. 13. 3. 



5 Kapveios, an unknown word, probably corrupt ; K'IOVOS 

 AwpiKov conj. Sch., 'drum of a Doric column.' cf. Athen. 

 5. 39. 



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