THEOPHRASTUS 



Aiatyopal Be TWV fiev aKavwv ov/c elcri, rf)<; 

 KVTJKOV & elo-iv rj fj,ev yap dypia rj ' r///,e/oo?. 

 T?}? 8' dypias Bvo e'lBrj, TO fiev Trpoae^epe^ ecfro- 

 Bpa TW rifJL-epw ir\r)V evQv/cavXoTepov, BC o /cal 

 Trrjvi&is eviai TWV dp%aia)v e%pwvTO yvvaiK&v. 

 icapTTov Be e^ei fjie\ava /cal /jueyav Kal TTL/cpov. t] 

 3' erepa Sacrela /cal TOU? /tauXou? e%ei aoy/ccoSeis, 

 ware rpoTrov Tiva eTriyeio/cavXos yiverat,' Sia yap 

 /jLa\a/c6rrjTa TWV /cavXwv /carafc\ii>erai, TT^O? ra? 

 dpovpa<}' /capTrov 8* e^et fjiucpov 7ra)ya)vo<s' <nrep- 

 yu,aTa)Set9 Tracrcu, TT^V pei^ocri Kal Trvfcvorepois 

 al dypiai. iSiov Be e^ei* Trpo? ra a\\a aypia' ra 

 /j,ev yap a-/c\r}p6repa /cal d/cavdwBecrrepa rwv 

 rjfjieptov, aurrj Be fia\afca)repa /cal \etorepa. 



C H B* a/copva 7r/90(jeyLt^)ep^9 &)? aTrXtS? elirelv 

 Kara rrjv Trpoa-oifriv Ty /cvtj/cqy rff rjfjiepw, ftpM/na 

 B' eTTigavOov e^ei real ^v\ov \nrapov. drpa/crv- 

 Xt? Be ns KaXelrau Kal \eVKorepa TOVTCOV iBiov 

 Be %ei TO Trepl TO (f>v\\ov, OTI a^aipovfjuevov Kal 

 Ty aap/cl irpocr^epofjievov a/yLtarcoSr; iroiel TOV 

 %v\6v, Si? o /cal (j)6vov evioi /ca\ovcn Trjv aKavOav 

 TavT?]V' ey^ei Be /cal Trjv oo-fjurjv Beivrjv /cal (frovwBr)- 

 o^e Be /cal Te\eioi TOV /capTrbv TT/OO? TO /xero- 



1 a.Ka.V(av Aid. ; aKapvuv mBas. ; aKavov or a.K6pvi)s conj. Sch., 

 the plural being awkward. 



2 irnvtois conj. R. Const.; ffir\r)veiois U; ffir\i}viois MAld ; 

 coin G and Plin. I.e.-, cf. Diosc. 3. 107. 



3 ffoyKtaSeis : Plin. I.e. seems to have read oyitcaSe.is (torosiore 

 caule). 



4 Kav\S)v conj. Seal, from Plin. I.e. ; <pv\\wv Aid. 



5 ij.inp}>v conj. Spr. from Plin. I.e. (minutum semen) ; TTIK^V 

 Aid. 



-rrwywvos' <nrepjuoTw56Js Aid. : so U, butTrwyojj'os, and M, but 



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