THEOPHRASTUS 



TT)? Be pov TO jjiev dppev TO Be 6rj\v 

 TW TO fjiev citcapTrov eivai TO Be KapTfifiov. OVK 

 Be ovBe ra? pdftBovs vtyrjXds ovBe 

 8' OJJLOLOV TTT\ea TrXrjv fjbiKpov 

 KOI erri&acrv. TWV Be K\WVIWV TWV 

 % laov TO, (f)v\\a et? Buo, KCLT a\\r)\a Be e/c TWV 

 TrXayiwv ware aTOL^elv. fiaTTTOVcri Be TOVTW teal 

 ol arcvToBeifrai, TO. Bep/jLdTa TO, \evKa. 

 \ev/cbv /SoT/oucoSe?, rw a^/jiaTi, Be TO 

 o(TT\iyya<; e^ov wcnrep real o ftoTpvs' airavdr)- 

 os Be o tcapTrds a/Jia Trj aTa^vXrj epvOpaiveTai, 



JLVOVTCIl OLOV <f)dKol \7TTol CTVyK6LfjLVOl' 



Be TO cr^tj/jLa KOL TOVTCOV. e%ei Be TO 

 TOVTO o /caXetrat poO? ev avTU) 

 o Kol T^? pov BitjTTij/jLevr]*; %(, 7ro\\aKi<f' 

 eViTToXato? tcai [Jiovofyvris W<TT ava- 

 paBiws o\oppL^a' TO Be %v\ov evTe- 

 %i, evfyOapTOv be Kal KOTfTo^evov. iv 

 Tra(TL Be yiyveTai rot? TOTTOIS, evOevel Be /jt,d\i(TTa 

 v rot? dpyiXwBecri. 



TIoXveiBrjs Be 6 KLTTOS' KOI yap eTriyeios, 6 Be 

 et? u\^o? alpo^evos' Kal T&V ev v-^rei TrKeiw yevrj. 

 Tpia 8' ovv fyaiveTai TO, ineyicrTa o re \evfcbs 

 6 ytteXa? Kal TpiTOv 77 e\i%. eiBrj Be Kal e 

 TOVTWV 7r\i(i). Xey/co? yap 6 p,ev TW 

 fiovov, o Be Kal rot? </>uXXof? eVrt. iraKiv Be 

 \evKOKapTTwv jjiovov o (Jiev dBpov Kal TTVKVOV Kal 

 TQV Kapirov %i KaOaTrepel crfyalpav, 



1 Plin. 13. 55; 24. 91. 



: cf. 3. 5. 3; Plin. 13. 55. 



conj. W. ; &oTpvr)$6v U; /3oTpv56v Aid. 

 4 6 f>ovs ma.sc. cf. Uiosc. 1. 108. 



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