THEOPHRASTUS 



eire Bia r9 %ft>yoa9, oirep ov/c akoyov, 



4 eiT6 oY a\\r)v Tiva alriav. evict, Be real (fravepws 

 eo~n Koiva 7r\ei6va)V, d\\a Bia TO /xaXtcrra ev 



evOevelv i$ia TOVTCOV (fraiverai, /cadaTrep ?; 

 <Y)(r) TWV bpb/3<*>v /cal fj airaplvrj rwv (frctfcwv 

 a\\a f) fj,ev /j,d\HTTa eTri/cparei rwv opoftcov Bta 

 Trjv ao-Oevetav rj Be airapLvr] /jLakicrra ev rot9 

 <f)a,Koi<$ evrpo(f)6L' rpoirov Se riva KOI 7rapa7r\r}- 

 bv ecrri rfj opo/Say^r) <TW> 7Ti^d\\eiv fcal 

 o\ov wcnTep 7r\eKrdvai<;' airoTrviyei yap 

 , o6ev KOI Tovvofia eiXytye. 



5 To T V7TO<f)v6/jl,6VOV 6V0VS K T^9 p^&S Tft) 



Kv/jiivq) /cal T& /3ov/cepw TO aljAo&wpov Ka\ov/jLvov 

 /jLaX\ov ISia. ea-Ti Se TO alpoSaypov fJLOvbicav\ov 

 ov/c d7re/j,(j)epes \r& Kav\w\, 7r\rjv /3pa%vTpov re 

 7ro\v, /cal avtoOev TI /ce<f)a\(*)$6<; e^ei pi^av Be 

 v7roo~Tp6'y<yv\ov ovdev Be erepov d^avaiverai 

 Trapa TO ftov/cepas. jiverai Be ravra ev Tat? 

 Xe?rTat9 ov/c ev Tat9 ineipais, waTrep /cal T% 

 Eu/5ota9 ev TO) A.rj\dvry /juev ov yiverai, Trepl Be 

 TOV }Ldvr9ov /cal et T 



conj. Sch. ; &\\T)S riva U; &\\riv Aid. 



2 r$ add. Sch. 



3 irXfKTavais conj. W.; irXfKTavfS U; irXfKTavrjs M ; ir\KTdvr)i> 

 Aid. ; veluti brachiis G. 



4 Plin. 19. 176, who however calls this ai/u.Jticapov. See 

 Index App. (26). 



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