THEOPHRASTUS 



Ka\ov<Ti Be ol TCKTOves TO djro TOV (f)v\\ov TO 

 dvco' evap/JLoaOevTa yap d\\ij\oi<> etcdrepov KCO- 

 \vei 7T/309 rr)V op/j.tjv evavTLws ej(ov. el Be e/ceiro 

 Kara <^V<JLV, ovirep rj poiri] evTavda irdvTwv av 

 TJ (popd. 

 Ta? B 6vpa<$ OVK ev@vs <TVvre\ov(nv, d\\a 



<? (f)l(TTd(Tl, KClTTClTa VCTTpM Ot Be T(D 



LTfo eret <7weTe\ecrav edv fjid\\ov crTrovBd^wai' 

 TOV fiev <ydp Oepovs dva^ipaivo^kvwv BucrTavTai, 

 TOV Be %ei//-co^o? av/jL/jLvovaiv. aliiov 8' ort T/^ 

 ra fjiavd KOI aapKcoBrj e\Kei TOV depa 



6 'O ^e (froivij; Kovtyos KOI evepyos teal 



6 c^eXXo?, fteKTiwv Be TOV (f)\\ov OTL <y\i- 

 ' e/celvo Be Opava-Tov. Bid TOVTO ra eiBa>\a 



VVV eK TOV TWV <J)OIVIKQ)V TTOLOVO'L, TOV Be (>e\\OV 

 ' \ ? ^ VJ C-' r '-\ " ' C 1 ' ' v 



Trapijtcaa-i. ra? LVCLS oe ov OL o\ov e%ei ovb em 

 TTO\V Kal fJLaicpds ovB* cocrauTO)? Trj BeaeL eytcei- 

 /j,eva<; Tracra? d\\d Tra^ToSaTrco?. dvafyip 

 Be /cal \eaivo /jievov KOL 7rpi6fj,evov TO %v\ov. 



To Be Ovov, ol Be Ovav /caXovcri, Trap 1 " 

 re <yiVTai Kal ev TTJ Kvprjvaia, TIJV /lev 

 O/AOIOV KvrrapiTTU) Kal TO?? /cXaSo^? /cat rot? 



Kal TO) a-T\e^eL Kal TW Kapirw, /uid\\ov B' 

 KVirdpLTTos dypia* TTO\V pev Kal OTTOV 



: Sch. adds Qarepov from G. 

 2 fxetTo conj. W. ; tKelvo Aid. 



5 i.e. the 'upper' wood in the upper position. 

 4 TravTuv MSS. (?) ; irdi>T<as conj. W. 



6 i.f. there would be no resistance, fy after &y add. Sch. 



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