THEOPHRASTUS 



o/AOtft>9, olov pdtyavos m^yavov ical oaa rrapa- 

 ir\r)cria rovrois etrriv. vrrep &v ov% rjrrov icrws 

 dpfiorrei Kara rrjv ol/ceiav rrpoo-rjyopiav elrrelv, 

 orav rrepl crre^avcD/jidrayv /cal \ayavwv rroLtofjieda 

 /jiveiav. vvv Be rrpwrov rrepl rwv dypiwv \yco/Ji6v. 

 eaTiV avrwv ei^rj teal /Jiepr) 7r\ia), a Set 

 KOI rot? Ka6^ KCL(TTOV 76^09 KOI rot? oXot? ei 

 Meyicmjv 8' av r^? \dfBot 



, on rd //-ev dva/cavOa rd 5e dicavQu^ri 

 TrdXiv S' ev e/carepw rovrcov Tro\\al 

 $ia<f)opal yevcov /cal elbwv, VTrep &v /caP exdrepa 

 Tretpareov elirelv. 

 3 Tcoz/ aKav@lK(t)V 87) TO, 

 OHTTrep da-cfrdpayos real cncopTrlos' ov yap 

 <t>v\\ov ovSev Trapd rrjv aicavQav. rd Be 

 \dicav9a, /caOdjrep CLKCLVOS rjpvyyiov KvrjKos" ravra 

 ydp /cal TO, roiavra eVl TWV (f)v\\a)v e%ei rrjv 

 aicavOav, Si o /cal <$>v\\dKav0a Ka\eirai. rd Be 

 /cal Trapd TIJV d/cai>0av erepov ey^ei (f)vX\,ov, wGTrep 

 7] ovwvls /cal 6 T/3t/3oXo9 /cal 6 (pecos, ov Bij rives 

 /ca\ovo-(, (rroi/3ijv. 6 Be r/ot/3oXo9 teal Trepircap- 

 7rid/cav66s earw j(ei ydp d/cdv0as ev rw rcepi- 

 /capTriw, Bi o /cal rovro iBiov rrpos arravra (09 

 elrrelv errel rrropOa/cavOd ye TroXXa /cal rwv 

 BerBpwv /cal rwv 6afJiVtowv eariv, olov %/oa? poa 

 7ra\iovpo$ y5aro9 poBwvi'a Kamrapi^. ev jjiev ovv 

 row d/cavOiKois ravras dv rt9 &>9 elrrelv rvrrw 

 \dj3ot, r 



: text needlessly altered by Sch. and W. 

 Sch. himself shews that T. uses efSos and yevos almost in- 

 discriminately. Here rwv o\uv yevwv means the same as rots 



