THEOPHRASTUS 



dBpvvdfj Ta%v fyipaiveTai teal aTroiriTrrer Bva- 

 typavTOTepa Be TO, e/jL^XoLoa-Trep/AaTa KOI TOVTOJV 

 4 </jLci\i(TTa TO wKifjiov. aTTCLVTct, Be %ijpav0VTa 

 Tro\vKap7TOTepa yiveraj, Bi? o> /cal Tcpoa^ai- 

 povvTes avTa %r)paivova-iv. aTravra Be 7ro\v%oa 

 /cal 7ro\vo-7rep/jLara, 7ro\VKap7r6rarov 8e TO 



8e TO, fjicv aKpo/capTra, /caOaTrep 

 TTpdaov Kpofivov TO, Be TrXayio/capTra /jLa\\ov, 

 olov paQavls yoyyv\ls /cal TO, TOiavTa' TO, B' 

 ayLt^orepo)?, olov (B\iTov dBpd<J)av$' dfjiffroTepa 

 yap Tavra /cal etc TOV TrXayiov, /cal TO ye (3\iTov 

 Trap' e/ca<TTov o^ov irpoaKaG^fJLevov e^ei TO 

 /9oT/3Lw5e9. TO, B' e/c Tca\aiOTepwv cnrep- 



OciTTOV /CKaV\l, Ta^KTTa Be TO, K TWV 



vTWV <TTI <ydp rt? dfc/j,r) /cal TOVTOOV. dva 

 \6yov Be /cal TO /caXXo? d/co\ov6el TWV . . . eav 

 ra a\\a Trjv airrrjv e^wcri Oepaireiav. 



Ao/cei Be /cal els TO avTo dOpoa fle/uevcov /caXXico 

 ryive<r6ai /cal fSKaaTavew OVTW jap TO TOV 

 Tfpdaov /cal TO TOV ve\ivov TiOeaaiv a 

 els oOoviov /cal yivovTai /jiejd\a. 



^Vfi/3d\\TaL Be TI /cal 6 TOTTO? "irpos 

 <yovv, OTav TIS /AeTa(f)VTevr] TCL 

 /caTa/cpoveiv rj\iKov av /3ov\rjTa 

 TO azKivov TiOevai Be /cal ev oOoviw iraTTaXov 

 /caTa/cpovcravTa /cal 7r\r)a-avTa /coTTpov /cal 71)9. 



1 /j.d\i(rra ... Si' & missing inUMAld.Bas.; text as restored 

 by Sch. from Cam., G and Plin. I.e. 



~ TO ye $\(TOV coni. W. : r6 ye irXsiffTOV U ; r6 re irXsiarov 

 Ald.H. 



3 e'/</cay\er : c/. 7. 1. 7 ; 7. 4. 3, and esp. C. P. 4. 3. 5. 



4 After &KoAoy0et riev follows a lacuna of one and a half lines 



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