THEOPHRASTUS 



7r\arv, olov <f)v XXcoSe?, TO \ey6fjievov 

 \ov. 7reTi6/cav\ov 8' ecTTLV, Mcnrep o 

 ajjia fjiev ovv TW fjpi TO udcnreTOV TOVTO dcfiirjcriv, o 

 rcaOaipei ra irpo^ara /cal 7ra%vvei a^o&pa KOI ra 

 Kpea OavfiaaTa nroiel rfj rjSovy- fiera 8e ravra 

 fcav\6v, <ov> crdicr0ai Trdvra rpoirov e<f>6bv 

 OTTTOV, KaOaipeiv Be /cal TOVTOV $>aai ra (roofiara 

 2 TeTrapaKOvra T)fjiepai$. OTTOV Se Strrbv G^GI, TOV 

 fjiev CLTTO TOV fcav\ov TOV Be CLTTO r?}? pitys, Si 

 o /ca\ov(Tt, TOV fjiev KdvXiav TOV Se pityav. rj 8e 

 pi^a TOV (f)\otbv e%i /me\ava, KOI TOVTOV irepi- 

 aipova-iv. ecrTL $e wcnrep yueraXXa TCOV pi^oTO- 

 fjbi&v avTois, % MV OTTOCTOV av Bo/cfj 



TafJLLv6fjLVOL TTyOO? Ta? TO/JLCL^ KOi TO 



Te/jLVovaiv OVK e^ecrTL yap OVTC 

 ovTe 7r\lov Twv TCTay/^evw /cal yap 

 peTai Kal cr^Trerat TO dpybv edv xp 

 yd&vTai, Be ayoi'Tes et? TCW Tleipaia TovBe TOV 

 TpOTrov' OTav (Bd\wo~i els dyyela /cal d\vpa 

 fjii^woiL, aeiovcn ^povov av^vov, oOev /cal TO 

 %pa)/jLa \a/jL/3dveL /cal epyaaOev acrijTrTOv ijSr) oia- 

 /jiVL. TO, [iv ovv /caTa T?)v epyaaiav /cal 



3 ToTTOV <$ 7TO\VV 



ydp (f>ao-iv rj TTpa/cia^i\ia aTaSia' TrXetcrra 

 yivea-flai ire pi TIJV avpTiv avro TWV T&veaTrepiSwv. 

 iSiov $ TO (frevyeiv TTJV epya^o^ieuijv /cal del 

 /cal 



1 oiW (f)v\\. rb \ey. conj. W.; 0uAA. olov r~b Aey. Ald.H. 



2 I have added 



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3 ^eVaAAo U ; fj.erpa Aid. ; ? v /uerd\\ois 



4 c/. 9. 1. 7; Diosc. 3. 80. 



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