THEOPHRASTUS 



6 <&pvyw en Be 6 TTO^O? 

 OUT09 8' ecrrt Strro?, o fJLev e^cov TO avdos 

 Trf vaKivOw, o $e ere/jo? a^pou? \evfcos, q> 

 Ttu Trepl rov9 Ta<oi>9' /cat xpoviwrepos ovros. 

 dvOel Be Kal T] Ipis ToO Oepov? /cal TO arpovOiov 

 KoKov fjievov rf) /j,ev otyei tcakov TO avOos aovpov 

 8e. peroTTwpov Be TO \eipiov TO erepov Kal 6 

 tcpoKOs, o Te opetvbs aoo-fios /cal 6 ^/ie^09* ev0v<$ 

 yap di>0ov<n, Tot? TrpwTot? vBacri. xpwvrai Be Kal 

 T&V dyplayv rq> T% 6vaK,vdov fcapTrfi Kal rw 

 avdei TO) T^? fjii\aKO<>. 



Kal Tat? jj,ev wpais ovrax; eKacrrcov rj ryevecns. 

 a>9 Be a7rXca9 eiTreiv ovBels Bt,a\ei7rerai, %p6vos 

 ovB* eGTiv avavdifc, aA,Xa Kal 6 ^eifjiwv evet KCLI- 

 Trep a<yovo<$ BoKoiv elvai Bia rr]v Kard"^rv^v TWV 

 /jiTO7ra)pivwv /AeTa\a/ji/3av6i>T(i)v, eav Be Brj Kal 

 yu-aAa#o9 y, TroXXcS /xaXXoz^. 7rXco9 yap Trdvr rj 

 ra TroXXa Kal eTreKreiverai, T7J9 otKeias copas, Kal 

 eav 6 T07T09 ei5etXo9 17 /JiaXXov Bi? o Kal o-vve%eia 

 ^povoi uev ovv OVTOI Kal wpai Kara 



6 Bto9 Be Iwvias ^ev TTJS \evKrjs erij 



rpia' ryrjpaa-KOVda Be eXarrovrat Kal Ha \VKO- 

 repa (frepei. poBa)VLas Be nrevre ra jrpbs rrjv 

 aKfjLrjv firj eTrucao/J^vijfi' xeipw Be Kal ravrrj^ ra 

 poBa yrjpao-KOvarjs. 7r/?09 evoGfjiiav Be Kal po&cov 

 Kal Iwv Kal TWV d\\a)v avO&v ^ki<JTov o To?ro9 



1 c/. C.P. 1. 4. 1. 



2 c/. the Eng. plant-name 'love-in-absence'; see ir66os in 

 Index. 



3 Aewcbs . K\fvKos, 'whitish,' Athen. I.e. 



4 Evidently the vdpKiffffos % \floiov of 6. 6. 9 ; c/. 6. 8. 1 n. 



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