THEOPHRASTUS 



elvai rw /ur) <f>veiv erepas a\\* e avrwi 

 del <rvvai>arr\ripovcr0ai, ye\o2ov av fcr&>? SoKOifj roi- 

 avrrj crvy/cpicris eav <y^?)> fJLevrj TO crreXe^o?' 

 yap olov vrrbOe&is Kal fyvais BevBpwv. rovro 

 ovv 07roTe/9&)9 TTore \KTeov ovOev civ Sievey/cai 

 7T/OO9 ra vvv. fd^a S' av eirj /jLaKpofiicorarov TO 

 7rai/Tft)5 Swdf^evov dvrapKeiv, waTrep rj e\da tca\ 

 TO) <7TeXe^et KOI rfj Trapa/BXaarrio'ei KOI 



r> -v r/~t >' \ f/ i C- "^^' 



)XC7/30L'9 6^i^ Ttt? pi(,a<;. COKL 



76 /i-ta? elvai, tcaO' bv TO (TTeXe^o? ^et 



TiQkvja fJL^Tpov dvafjLrpLV rbv 

 //.a\t(7Ta Trept 6T>7 &iaKocria. el 6' oVe/? eVt 



7rapaipov/j.eva)v 



Kara /itepo? Svvarai Bta/JLtveiv TO crTeXe^o?, 

 t 77 0X7; (frva-is o/Jioia Kal 6/jioio(p6pos OTTOCTOVOVI' 

 , /JLatcpofiiooTarov av elf] irdvrwv. <>CLG\ 5t 

 Seiv OVTCO TToielv orav ijBr) SOKJJ Kara<f)t~pa-(}ai- 

 K\ij/jiard re e7rtj3dX\.eiv Kal KaprrovaOai rbv 

 eviavrbv fiera Be ravra KaraaKa^avra err] 

 6drepa rr)<$ dfirceKov rrepiKaOapai Tracra? 

 etr e/^TT^crai- (frpvydvwv Kal e 





6 rrjv yrjv rovra) pev ovv ru> erei 



d(j)6opa, Tc5 8' varepw /3e\rtov, rw Be rpirw 



1 2 avrwv Aid., 8C. TWV f>i<*>v ; (K ruv avruv conj. W. 



2 i.e. such an argument practically assumes the permanence 

 of the trunk, which in the case of the vine can hardly be 

 considered apart from the root. SOKO/TJ TOJOUTTJ crvyicpiats I 

 conj. from G ; SiKatordrr] avyKpiais MVAld. ; SiKaioTarrji 

 avyKplfffis U ; SoKoirj (Tvai ri ffuyKpuris conj. Sch. ; so W. in 

 his earlier edition : in his later editions he emends wildly. 



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