THEOPHRASTUS 



Be Kal /co\o/cvvTr)s TOV pev elvai fyaai 

 yevrj 7-779 B* ovte elvai, tcaOdirep rr}9 patyavlBos /cal 

 n}9 yoyyv\iBo<i, a\X' ev TW avTw yevet ra? fjuev 

 j3e\Tiov<; ra? Be %eipov<;. TOV $e aucvov rpia, 

 AarccDVi/cbv CKvra\iav Bot,(*)Tiov rovrwv Be 6 fjuev 

 AaKcwitcbs vSpev6fjLvo<; /3e\TiO)V, 01 & erepoi 

 avvBpevTOi. 



7 Aiacfrepei, Be yevei /cal ra tcpo/iva /ecu ra 

 a/copoBa. 7r\eia) Be TOV Kpo/j,vov TCL <yevr), olov 

 TCL KCLTO, Ta<; ^ajpas 7rt,Ka\ov/j,eva 2<(ipBia KviBia 

 ^a/jLoOpd/cta, Kal 7rd\iv TO, d^iavia Kal a^iaTa 

 /cal 'Ao-/ca\ct>vi,a. TOVTcav Be Ta /J,ev <rr)Tavia 

 fjLLKpa ry\v/cea Be ev fiaXa, Ta Be o-^iaTa /cal 

 d<r/ca\(i)via /cal rat? Oepaireiais Bia(f>epovTa /cal 

 Brj\ov OTI Trj (frvo-ei' TO yap O-^LCTTOV rw /J,ev 

 yeifJLWVL fieTa Trjs KOfjur]^ e&cnv dpyov, a/j,a Be T&> 

 ripi TCL <f>v\\a Trepiaipovcri Ta efco /cal Ta d\\a 

 OepaTrevovo-f TrepiaipeOevTcov Be TWV <f>v\\wv 

 Tpa ft\a<JTdvei /cal daa./cdTco o")(i%Tai, BS b 

 tca\ovcn a^iaTa. ol Be /cal 0X0)9 fyaal TCCLVTWV 

 Beiv, OTTO)? J) Bvva/jiis 6t? TO /cara) /cal fir) cnrep- 



8 juiO(f)vf). TWV Be ' Ko-Ka\wviwv IBia 



fjuova ydp <ou> GyiGTa KCU coaTrep dyova CLTTO 

 Tt Be ev avTois dvavgi) /cal 



1 Athen. 3. 4 ; Plin. 19. 68. 



2 Plin. 19. 101-104. 



3 2ap8ta conj. Meurs.from Plin. I.e. ; ydpSia Ald.H. 

 * i.e. making offsets. 



5 'AffKa\(i>via, whence P^ng. shallot ; though this name is 

 applied to K. o\iaTov. 6 rJ> add. W. 



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