THEOPHRASTUS 



TOV Trora/jLOv, (frverai Kara 7/7? o Ka\eirat fjia\iv- 

 a6d\\ri, arpoyyv\ov TM a^jjfjLart yu,eye$o? Be 

 r)\LKOV }jiecrm\ov drrvpr/vov Be atyXoiov <$>v\\a 

 Be d<f)Lr}o~LV air avrov of^oia Kvrreipw' ravra 

 (Tvvdyovres 01 Kara ri)V %a>pav e^ovaiv ev ftpvru) 

 ^w CLTTO rwv KpiOwv KOI <yii>6Tai j\VKa cr(f)6$pa- 

 XpwvTiu Be Tra^re? wcnrep rpayij/jLacri. 



13 Tot? St fioval Koi rot? 7r^o/3aTOt5 aTravra /Afv 

 ra $>vop.eva eBcoBi/^d eaTiv, ev Be rt yevos ev rat? 

 \Ljjivais xal TO?? eXecrt (frverai Biacfrepov, o Kai 



ov ve/JLOinai /cat ^ijpaivovres Trape^ovaL Kara 

 rot? fiov&lv orav epydo-covrat,' Kal rd 

 a<i)fj,ara e^ovaiv ev airov d\\o \a[JL ft dvovres 



OV0V. 



14 "Ecrrt Be Kal d\\o rrapa^vofievov avro^arov 

 ev ru> crirw' rovro Be, orav o (Jtro? 77 KaOapos, 

 VTroTrri&avres Karaj3d\\ova-i TOV ^eifj-wvo^ vy- 

 pdv et? yrjv fiXaanjcravrfx; Be re/jiovres Kal 

 i]pdvavres nrapk^ovai Kal rovro ftovcrl Kal 



Kal rot? vrro^vyiois avv rw Kaprcw rw em- 

 6 Be Kaprros fjieyeflos pev I]\IKOV <ji]- 

 , (rrpoyyv\o<? Be Kal ra> ^poo/jLari ^Xw^o?, 

 Be Biafapovrcos. ev Alyvrrra) fjiev ovv 

 rd rrepirrd cr^eBbv ravra dv ns \dfBoi. 



IX. r/ E-acrTot Be TCOP rrora^MV eoitcacriv iBioi> 

 n (frepeiv, axrrrep Kal rwv ^epcraicov. errel ovBt 

 6 T/9i'/3oXo? ev drraffiv ovBe rravra^ov 

 d\\' ev rot? \(i)Be(Ti rwv rrorafjiwv' ev 

 Be (SdOei rrevram'^ei rj fjLiKpw /^ei^ovt, KaOdrrep 



1 Plin. I.e. anthalium, whence Salm. conj. a.i'Qd\\iov. 

 - Saccharum biflonim. See Index App. (19). 



8 ft> <rirov &\\o conj. W.; tufftTovvra Aid. 

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