THEOPHRASTUS 



TOV CTiTOV TTOLOVVTai, TOV JJL6V ^l/JiplVOV 



TOV Be rjpivov, ev w KOI TO, ocnrpia 



Rial Be Kal ol /Jiev KaOapol alp&v, wcnrep 6 

 TiKos Kal 6 AlyvTTTW Ka6apo<$ Be 

 /cal 6 ^U/ceXo9 /cal jjidXio-ra 6 

 OVK alpot)Sr]<>. 



'D Be St/ceXo? UBiov e%et TO fji\dfATrvpov rca\ov- 

 pevov, o e<TTLV a/9Xa^e? KOI ov% (bairep rj alpa 

 j3api> Kal Ke^)a\aXye^. a\\a ra fiev roiavra, 

 fcaOdirep e'A,e%#??, rat? %w^ai? avaOereov Kal oaov 

 eVtySaXXet rot? yeveaiv. 



V. 'Ey Be roi? oairpiois ov% O/AOLCOS earl 

 \aftelv r9 roiavras BtcKfropas, elr ovv Bia TO 

 fj,r) e^eTa^ei,v ofjioiws eire teal Bia TO /jLovoeiBe- 

 (TTepa Tvy%dveiv efa> yap epeftivOov KOI (pa/cov 

 /cal eV 6\iyov Kvdj^ov Kal opoftov, Ka& OGOV 

 fj TWV %pa) [Jbdrtov Kal rwv %v\wv Biafopd, rwv 



a\\a)V ov TTOIOIHJLV t'Sea?. ol Be 



Tot? /JieyeOeat Kal TOL$ ^uXot? Kal 

 L? Bi 



Kal TCU9 /AOptyaL? Biacfrepovo-iv, olov 

 Kptol bpoftialoi ol dvd ineaov. evrl Tracri Be rd 

 \evKO, yXvKvrepa' Kal ydp 6 opofios Kal 0a/eo9 

 Kal epe{3iv0o<; Kal Kva/Jios Kal cnjaa/Jiov' ecrri, ydp 

 Kai cnjcrajjiov \evKov. 



2 'AXXa yu-aXXoz^ ev TOi9 TOioi&Be iroielv e&TL 

 olov, ejrel Trdvra ravT* eXXo/Sa, Ta 



1 <5/.ua>s . . . Ko.TaftdxXovffu' bracketed by Sch. as a gloss. 



2 But c/. 8. 8. 3. 3 c/. Uiosc. 4. 116. 



4 i.e. when it gets into the bread. 



5 c/. Plin. 18. 156 ; Diosc. 2. 100. 



6 So-fly e7Tia'AA.ei : c/. Arist. PoL 1. 13. 8, 



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