THEOPHRASTUS 



BiBoacriv, wcrTrep 77 8/31)9 Kal rd yeo!)Br), aXX' dvrco- 

 Q oven' crrifjielov Be on ovBeTrore prfyvvvrcu, KaOdrrep 

 e'Xaa Kal Bpvs, d\\d rrporepov cr^rcovTai teal 

 aXX&)9 dTravBwcriv. la^ypov Be KOI o 

 dvdira\iv yap r; icdy^ri^ 77 rot? aXXo*9 

 Ta [jLtv yap et? ra Kara) Ka/jLTrreraL, 6 Be 



rd avw. <f)acrl Se /fat rr]v TrevKrjv Kal rrjv 



TO 



yiverai ydp /j.eya Kal xpcomai 777309 rrjv epetyw, 

 orav fjL\\r) pijyvvaOai ^rofyelv ware TrpoaicrOdv- 

 ecrOai rrporepov orrep Kal ev ' Kvrdvopw avvk- 

 rrecrev ev rS) j3a\avei(t) Kal rcdvres e| 

 la"%ypov Be Kal TO Tr}9 o~VKtjs 7rXr/i> e/9 opOov. 

 2 'H Be e\drrj /jLa\,io~ra 0)9 elirelv Icr^vpov. 



\iara rj TrevKti Bid re rrjv ^avorrjra Kal rrjv 

 evdwnoplav ovBe ydp O\GO<? ov&e p^yvva-0al fyacnv 

 lav K0\\rj6f}. evropvorarov Be <pi\i>Krj, Kal rj 

 XevKorrjs oxrTrep rj rov Kij\darpov. rwv Be d\\wv 

 rj (f)i\vpa' TO ydp o\ov evepyov, warrep 

 Bid ua\aKorr)ra. evKa^rrra Be a>9 fJ^ev 

 elrrelv ocra y\icr'%pa. Siaifiepetv Be BOKCI 

 IJLIVOS Kal epiveos, Bi o Kal rd LKpta KOL 

 <rre<f)di>a<; Kal 0X0)9 ocra Trepl rov Koafjiov eV 



rovrwv rroiovcri. 



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Be Kal eLxr^icrra rd eviK^orepa rcor 



1 i.e. the strut becomes concave or convex respectively. 

 cf. Xen. Cyr. 7. 5. 11. 



1 i.e. it cannot be used as a strut, or it would 'buckle,' 

 I hough it will stand a vertical strain. 



3 Plin. 16. 225. 



* cf. C.P. 5. 17. 3. tvBuitopclTaTa : tvBvnoptav. 



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