THEOPHRASTUS 



5 'H Be "^rcopa fjLa\io~ra yiverat, orav vBcop errl 



r-r-v 'V ' \ \ ' >V \ -\ ' > 



\.LA,eiaoi yevrjrai /j,r) rroKv eav oe TTO\V, arro- 

 K\verai' o-v/jL/Baivei Be rore Kal ra epivd drrop- 

 pelv Kal rovs o\vv6ovs. rwv Be O~KO)\^KO)V rwi> 

 ev rals o-VKais oi fj,ev e^ avrrjs juvovrat, 01 Be 

 evriKrovrai vrro rov Ka\ov/j,evov Kepdorrov rrdvres 

 Be els Kepdcmjv drroKaOiaravrai' (^deyyovrat, Be 

 olov rpiyuov. voo~el Be CTVKYJ Kal edv eTrojijSpia 



rd re yap Trpbs rrjv pi^av Kal avrrj i] 

 wcrrrep fjiaBa- rovro Be Ka\ovai \o7rdv. 

 8 17 8' ayu,7reXo? rpaya" rovro Be fjLaXicrra avrfjs 

 ear i TT/OO? rw a<TT/oo/3oA,etcr#at, fj orav vrro 

 (3\ao~roKorrr)0fi i] orav rn epyaaia 



rj rplrov vrrria rfir]0f). 



'Pi/a? Be yuverai, o Ka\ov(ri rives ^iveaOai, 

 orav 7rivi(j)6f) Kara rrjv drravdrjaiv r) orav 

 KpeirrwOf)' ro Be rrdOos earlv Mare drroppelv rds 

 pdyas Kal rds eiri/JLevovo-as elvai fiiKpas. evia Be 

 Kal piywcravra vocrei, KaOarrep 77 a/XTreXo?' da- 

 /3\ovvrai yap ol 6(f)6a\/jLol TT}? rrpwroro^ov Kal 

 rrd\iv vrrepOepfJLavOevra- fyrel yap Kal rovrwv rrjv 

 o~vp,[jLrpiav wcnrep KOL rfjs rpo(f)T)s. oXco? Be rcdv 

 ro rrapd (frvaiv erriKivBvvov. 



1 c/. C.P. 5. 9. 10; Col. 5. 9. 15. 



2 c/. 5. 4. 5 ; C.P. 5. 10. 5 ; Plin. 17. 221. 



3 OUT?? T] p/a I conj. ; aurV i"V pi^av U ; oin. Aid. 



4 c/. C. P. 5. 9. 12 ; Plin. 17. 225. 



8 i.e. shedding of the 'bark' of the roots, \oirav conj. 

 Sch., c/. C.P. 5. 9. 9 ; AoWSa Ald.H., c/. 4. 14. 3; but the 

 word here points to a different disease. 



' yTTTia TOfjii] seems to be a technical term for pruning in 

 such a way that the growth of the new wood is encouraged 



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