THEOPHRASTUS 



Be Kal ev M.7jBeia /ecu rat? aXXat? rat? 

 ^wpai? Biaueveiv Orjcravpi^ofJLeva TTO\VV 

 epeftivOov Be Brj KOI Oepfjiov Kal opo/3ov 

 Kal Keyxpov /col TO, roiavra Brj\ov on 

 7r\eia) TOVTWV, wcTTTe/o Kal v rot? 7T6pl Trjv ' 

 T07TO9. aXXa ravra /mev, wcfTrep eiprjrai, 

 TOTTWV iSia. 



7 Ao/eet Be KOI yrj rt? elvai irapd THTIV rj Sia- 

 ffvvrrjpel rov Trvpov, wcrTrep ij re ev 

 Kal ev Ktjpivdto rfjs Ety8ota9' Troiel Be 

 fjuev et? rrjv (TLTTJO-LV dSporepov Be rfj 

 ei' TrapaTrdrrovo-i Be ^oivi/ca et9 TO 

 HvpcoQevra Trdvra rd aTrep/^ara 

 ylverai' KaiToi irepi <ye 



Kal TOU9 irvpovs eTrl T7J9 d\a> 

 'TnjBdv, wairep rd <f)pvyo/Jieva' aXXa 8rj\ov on, 

 Biacpopd r/9 ecrn rrjs OepfiOTijTOS, fj a7rXw9 

 Oep/jLaaia yiverai, [/cat] 77 TrrjBijo-L^. Kal rd 

 roiavra (r%eBbv wairepel Koivd Bo^eiev dv elvai 



1 c/. C.P. 5. 18. 3; for millet-seed see J.H.S. vol. xxxv. 

 part i. p. 22. 



2 SiaTTOTTOyueVTj conj. H. ; StaTrAaTTO^uefTj UMAld.; SiaKoirro- 

 ivn P 2 . c/. Plin. 18. 305. 



3 TrapaTraTTOvo'i conj. Sell., C/, Geop. 2. 21. 3; (e/j.irdo'a'f iv) ; 



i UMAld. c/. Varro 1. 57. 1. 



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