THEOPHRASTUS 



6/jLOicos Travraxov' yiverai Be /cai n Bd/cpvov 

 aurov o/JLOiov rfj fjLvppci,' ol Be fyctcriv 6'X&)9 



To Be opeoaekivov fiei^ov? ert Biafopds e%ei' TO 

 fj,ev yap <f>v\\ov eoi/ce Kwvelw, pia Be \eTTTT), TOV 

 e /capTTOV e%et icaOdirep avr)6ov jr\r)v eXttrrw 

 BiB6a<Ti, Be TOVTOV ev olvw avaTrjpw T&V r yvvai- 



Be oX,ft>9 da-vfjL^XrjTa rot? ^/xe'yooi? earl 

 /card <ye Toy? ^fXoi)? KCU ra? Bvvd/Jtets, wcnrep 

 o re aypios Kal o fjfjLepos, aXV e/c TT}? 

 e%ei T^ o/jLOioTrjra, KaOdirep Kal ev 

 TO?? ffrecpavoo/JLao'iv r) la)via' TO 7^/9 <fru\\ov e^ei 

 Trapo/JLOiov. TOVTMV fJbev ovv ev Tot? elprjjuevois at 



VII. Twv 5e dpovpaio)v \eyofjLevcov /jLerd ravra 

 prjreov, teal 0X0)9 el n TroiwBes evnv o fjur] rvy- 

 %dvei /3pa>Tov. KokovfJiev <yap \d%ava rd irpbs 

 Trjv rjfJLerepav %peiav ev Be TO> KCL& 1 o\ov KaKelva 

 7repie%Tai, oY o /cal Trepl eicelvwv \e/creov. \d- 

 yava fiev Brj Kal rd roiavra Ka\etrai, Ki%6pi] 

 %6vBpv\\a viro'xpipls rjpiyepcov, /cal 0X0)9 



rt conj. Sch.; rb Aid. cf. 9. 1. 4. 



P 2 Bas ; &\us Aid. ; ? air\ws W. 



tf) conj. Sch.; Kovic? Aid. c/ 1. 5. 3 n. 



j. Cornarius on Diosc. 3. 67. and Dalec. ; 

 U I Aid. cf. Diosc. /.c. 



r]/j.4pois H.; flp-rjfjLfvots LJMAld. c/. 7. 6. 1 n. 

 See Index, CTIKVOS. 



7 i.e. which gives them a common name. 



8 ef TI TrotwSe's e<TTiv H. ; tyyenrotwSfs U; ^7 

 MAld. 



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