THEOPHRASTUS 



TO o\ov fjirj iroielv veiov <cw?> /capTri^o/jbevov rrjv 

 Be TTOCIV e1~a'JTO\Xv(Tt, KOI fjbd\iaTa Be KOI rd^icrTa 

 TOP Tpi/3o\ov. oX&>9 Be ovBe rj TV%ov<ra Bvvarat, 

 cfrepeiv avTov, d\\a /AeXdyyeiov TLVCL Bel teal 

 pav elvai. TWV Be a\\wv f) apitrn) veibs CLTTO 

 KvdfAwv tcaiTrep Tcvicvocr'Tcopov^kvwv real TTO\VV 



KCLpTTOV (ftepOVTWV. 



Ta Be ev rot? Qepivols apbroLS oKbyov Bet irdvra, 

 <f>aal Be teal ra va/jLariaia av^epeiv jj,a\\ov 

 avrois TWV IK Bios, jj,e\ivoL Be /cal Key%poi 

 vBarov eav yap fywtn 7r\elov (f>v\\o- 

 la^vporepov Be 6 /ceyX/ 00 ?* ot ' ^ fjue\i,voi 

 <y\vKVTpoi /cal aadevecrTepoi. a^aa^ov ^e oitBev 

 <ft>oi>> ecr8ii xXcopbv ovBe Qkp^ov. el Be fjbrjB 1 

 epvcri/jiov /jitjBe opfJUVOV (TKeTrreov teal ravra 

 TTiKpd. earl Be rb /jLV epvai/jiov o/jLoiov arjadfjuco 

 TO Be opfiwov KVIMV&?)S jjue\av 

 Be apa /cal TO cnjcra/jLOV. Trepl /Aev ovv 

 TOVTWV (T/ceirreov. 



'Ei^ Be rats d'yaOals %ci)pai<> rrpbs TO JJLT) cf)v\\o- 

 /cal emKeipovai TOV O-LTOV, 



1 Lit. 'does not make fallow land.' c/. C. P. 4. 8. 3. 



2 is Kaptrt^o^vov I conj. after W. (KapTn^6/aevov T^V yri v) ; 

 Kapnos U; Kaptrbs M ; Kapirbv Aid. c/. G. P. I.e. and 4. 8. 1 ; 

 4. 8. 3 : /J.)) KapTrifcffGai r^]v yriv a\\a ve&v irate'iv (? <i>eois>) 

 Kapiro'is, 'for fresh crops.' 



3 5^ conj.W.; ye Aid. 4 c/. C. P. 4. 8. 3. 



5 f} apiffrr) veils conj. W. (c/. 8. 9. 1 ; C P. 4. 8. 1); x^'P^-n 

 nrjTrtos U; x ei P^ ffT 'n v v(]Tnos MP ; Ka\\ia~Tri vfibs Aid. c/. also 

 C.P. 3. 20. 7. 



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