THEOPHRASTUS 



Te 'yap IGTIV rj /j.ev fieXcuva ?} Be \evKij, 

 Kal 6 KapTros Bid(j)opo<f, d/cavdcxpopoi Be aft(^&). 

 ToO re oicrov TO /JLCV \evKov TO Be }JLe\.av teal TO 

 eKaTepov Kal 6 KapTrbs KCLTO, \6yov 6 p.ev 

 6 Be /LteXa? 4 evioi Se Kal wcnrep ava fiecrov, 



TO CLvOoS 67ri7TOp(f)Vpi^L Kal OVT6 OiVWTTOl' 



OVT K\evKov eaTiv axTTrep TWV ere/Dwt/. e^et ^e 

 l Ta (j)i>\\a \eTTTQTepa Kal \eioTepa Kal ra? 



oy? TO \6VKOV. 



"O T 7ra\iovpo<$ e^et &ia(popa<; . . . 



Kap7ro<f>6pa. Kal o ye 7ra\iovpo<; eV 



TLVL TOV KapTTOV fc'%6i KadaiTepel (j)V\\(t), V 



rf TTTapa 



ol tar/304 ACOTTTO^TC?' e^et yap Tiva 

 Kal XITTO?, cocnrep TO TOV \LVOV 

 <nrep/jLa. <pi>Tat Se Kal eVt rot? etyv&pois Kal ev 

 TO!? ^77/3049, wcTTre/o 6 /3aro9. [ov^ ?JTTOV >e <TTI 

 TO SevSpov Trdpv'&pov.~\ <$>v\\o!So\ov ^e Kal ov% 

 t} pdnvos dei(f)v\\ov. 



Be Kal TOV fiaTOv 7r\eico yevri, /jLeyiGTrjv Be 

 Siatyopdv OTL 6 p.V 6pOo(f)v^ Kal vtyos 

 o S' eVi T/}? 77}? Kal evOvs KUTCO vevtov Kal 

 OTav (TvvdTfTrj TTJ yy pi^ovfJLevos ird\iv, ov 

 Ka\ov<7L TLves xa/jLaLftaTov. TO Be 

 TOV Kapirov vTrepv9pov e^ei Kal 7rapa7T\i'](Tiov TO) 

 TT}? poa?" ecrTt, Be ddfjivov Kal BevBpov fieTa^v Kal 

 Tat9 poais, TO Be (f)v\\ov a 



1 cf. 1. 9. 4; 3. 18. 12; C.P. 1. 10. 7. 



- .Some words are missing, which described various forms 



of traXiovpos, alluded to in travra TO.VTO. (IScll.). cf. 4. 3. 3, 

 where an African ira\ioupos is described. 



3 KaOatrepfl <f>u\\y conj. W., cf. 3. 11.2; Ka6dn{p rJ) <f>v\\oi> 

 UMV. 

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