THEOPHRASTUS 



re\ei(jd0fr fyavepov Be ecrrt, real e/c r&v vvv KOI etc 

 rwv Trpoeiprj/jLevcov. irepl pev ovv rwv Kara ra? 



VI. ^ireipeiv Be ^v/jityepej, irdvra 

 ev rot? ft>pcu'09 aporow ov JJL^V d\\a KOI ev 

 rtz/e? fcaTaftaXkovvi, KOI oi>% TJKiara Trvpovs /cal 

 KpiOa? ft>9 fJiaXia-ra avTapicelv SvvdfAeva, OITOV fir} 

 opvi&iv f) aXXot? Qrjpiois eirLfnvr)*; rj X(*>pa. Bo/cei 

 yap eo9 7rl irav o TT/OWTO? a/?oro? a^eivwv eivai, 

 %et/?t<7T09 Be o-Tropos ev rat? r)/M/3p6xoi$' 7roX- 

 \vrai yap KCLI Kya\aKTOvTai Ta (jTreyOyLtara, real 

 apa ^vfi^aivei nroav ava^veo-Oai 7ro\\rjv. pera 

 Be Trjv (TTTOpav vBcop 7riyiV(T0ai iracri %v/ji<f)epei, 

 TT\r)V ocra Bvcr/3\a(rrrj yiverat, jAa\\ov, wcnrep o re 

 Bofcet /cal rwv Oepwwv (rrjaajuioi' /cal KV- 

 fcal epvaijjiov. 



Tlv/cvocTTTopeiv Be Kal /jLavoffTropeiv real TT/QO? ra? 

 \e7rovTa %pvj' TT\elov yap TJ metpa Kal 

 aya6r) Bvvarai (frepeiv r% v^dfjb^ov re /cal XeTrr^?. 

 /cairoi Xe'yerai T9 Xoyo9 0)9 ore /nev rrXeov ore Be 

 eXarrov rj avrrj Be^erai %w^a* /cal olwvi^ovrai 

 TO 7r\eov W9 OVK ayaOov, rreivrjv yap evOvs (fraai, 

 rrjv yrjv ouro9 fJ<ev ovv icrax; evrjOecrrepos ^0709. 

 el Be Tfc9 7T/909 Ta aTrep/Jiara Oecopoirj /cal fJbd\i(Trd 

 ye 7T/309 aurou9 TOi/9 T07TOU9 a/j.a TW eBdffrei, 

 /cal rr)v Oecnv avaOeoopwv ri^v ye rrpos ra rcvev- 



Aid. ; avrapxtlv U. 



2 firia-iv^s conj. Dalec. ; eiriv^s UM Aid. ; obnoxia G. 



3 i.e. after the rains. 



I 7 6 



