THEOPHRASTUS 



Si o KOI ov Tnjyvvovaw aXXa (nretpovcriv avrd 

 /cal (nreipowiv o-^re 777309 TO eap, eW* orav 

 rjarj jnera^vTevovor Tekeiovrai Be ovrw 

 a//,a rot? aXXo9 ^ ^al Trporepov 

 e%aipel(r6ai' 7T\eova Be ypovov eaOevra ev rfj 

 <pvrevdevTa oe KCLV\OV alri<ji /cal 

 fyvei JJLOVOV, elra Kevovrai /cal avaiverai. 

 TOVTCOV [lev ovv roiavrr) res T] <j)vais. 

 9 kiafyepei 8 evia /cal rot? ^pw^ao-iv ev 'Icrcra) 

 yap ra /JLCV a\\a o/jioia rot? aXXoi?, \ev/ca Se 

 (T^oSpa rfj XP ot> &' $p et <v &e (fracriv o/j,oia rot? 

 ^ap&iavols. ISitordrr) Se r] ^ucrt? rj rwv KprjTi/cwv, 

 irapa7r\r](Tia be rpoTrov TIVCL rot? 'Acr/caXwi/toi?, el 

 fjurj apa /cal f) avrr). ev K.prjrr) <ydp eari rt 761/09 

 o (TTreipojjievov fiev pi^av vroiel <^vrevop,evov Be 

 KCLV\OV /cal <nrepiJLa, /ce<pa\r)V Be ov/c Itjyei, J\VKV 

 Be TW %fyLt&)' rovro yap olov avdira\iv e%ei rot9 

 10 aXXo9. airawra yap Trrjyvvfjieva /cal /3e\ria) 

 /cal OaTTOV Trapayiverai. Trdvra Be (j)vreveraL 

 per 'Apfcrovpov en 0ep/jLrj$ ovar]s TTJS 77)9, OTTO)? 

 ra vBara Tre^vrevfjieva /cara\a/jL/3dvrj. /cal oXa 

 Be (pvTeverai, fcal Biare^vofieva irapa rr}V /cefya- 

 Xr;V. ov% o/bioiai Be al eKp\aaTr)<jeis, aXX' e/c 

 TOV /cdrco yiverai fcpb/juvov, e/c Be rov avco 



: cf. 7. 4. 3 n. The word evidently has a dif- 

 ferent sense here ; cf. 10, where iryyvvca and Qvrevw seem to 

 be synonymous. 



2 OVTCK) conj. Sch. from G ; TO?* &\\ois Aid. 



3 i.e. instead of being raised from seed. cf. what is said 

 7. 2. 2 of the offsets 



