THEOPHRASTUS 



ev ry dvOelv, KaOdirep /cva/jLos /cal TT}? 

 7roa9 TO rj\iorpomov ica\ov[JL,evov /cal d\\a Be rwv 

 dypicov. dvOe.1 Be real 6 GIKVOS TTO\VV 

 /cal yap eTTifiKacrrdveiv rovrw ye (TVfi/3aivi. 

 Be avdf] TWV /AW eK\evica TWV Be i&r]\ivoiS'f} 

 Be jjiiKpov 'eTTLTrop^vpL^ovra, ev^povv 8* ovOev. 



Ta Be (Tire plectra Biatyepei, /cal rot? 

 ra pep yap TrXeto-ra o~Tpoyyv\a ra Be 

 ra 8' av 7r\area /cal <f)V\\(t)Bi}, KaOdnrep ra 

 dBpa(/)dj;vos' o/noiov yap ro> rov ertX^>/ov' ra Be 

 (rrevd /cal ypaju,fjb(*)Brj, KaOdirep rov KVfiivov. /cal 

 rot? xpcopao-iv o/xotft)?, ra [jbev fjbi\ava ra Be 

 gv\a)Brj ra Be \evKor^pa. rcdvra Brj e\\o/3o- 

 (TTTepfjiara r) yv/jivocrTrepfjLara r) efj,<f)\oioa7repfjLara 

 rj TraTTTroo-Trep/jiara' pafyavls /j,ev yap /cal vairv 

 /cal yoyyv\l<; e\Xo/3oo-7rep/jiara, tcoplavvov Be /cal 

 pdpaOov /cal avr]Qov /cal KV/JLIVOV yvfjuvoa-Trep/jLara, 

 /3\irov Be /cal revr\iov /cal dBpd(f)aj;vs /cal 

 WKL/AOV ejUL(f)\oLO(77rep/jLara, OpLBa/ctvrj Be rcanrco- 

 arrepfJiarov. 



TLdvra Be 7ro\v/cap7ra /cal 7ro\v/3\a<Trrj, TTO\V- 

 /capTrorarov Be TO KV^LVOV. iBiov Be /cal o \eyovai 

 Kara rovrov cfracrl yap Beiv Karapacrdai re /cal 

 (3\a<r(f)'r]iLLe2v &7reipovras, el yLteXXet /ca\bv eaeeOai 

 /cal TTO\V. 



Be rrdvra /lev tw? eliretv 7T\rjv rov 

 9 6 o-?T09' OUT09 yap 



1 For the collective sense of irJo (- ra TrowSrj) cf 1. 3. 1. 



2 iroA&j/ XP VOV conj. W., wfiich at least gives the required 

 sense ; KCI\OV/JI.I>OS Aid. 



3 /j.n\ivoiSes : cf. 6. 2. 8. 



4 ? 'orange.' 5 Plin. 19. 119. 



7 6 



