THEOPHRASTUS 



ra? pdft&ovs, KaraKOTrreiv o>9 

 B(,BdKTV\aTo /j,7JKO$ rj fju/cpw fjiei^w, ravra B* 6/9 

 veoBopov fivptrav KarappaTrreiv elr etc 

 KOI TG>V v\c0v crrjTro fjievwv dKO)\r)Ki 

 a TO IJLCV %v\ov tear eaOiei, TOV (f>\oiov 

 aTrrerat $ia rr)V TTi/cpor^ra /cal Spi/jLVTrjTa TT}? 



0(7^9. Kal TTCpl /JL6V /CaCTld? KOI KLVajJb(t)jJiOV 



roa-avra Xeyercu. 



VI. To Be paXaa/jiov yiveTai pev ev T& av\a)vi 

 TW irepl ^vpiav. TrapaSeiaovs 8' elval fyacri &vo 



flOVOV 9, TOV fJLGV 0(TOV eiKOCTl TT\eOptoV TOV ' GTCpOV 



eKaTTOva. TO Be BevBpov /jueyeOo? /JLCV 

 poa ijiyd\rj 7ro\VK\a&ov Be a(f)6Bpa' 

 Be e^eiv O/JLOIOV TT^CLVW, 7r\r)v e/c\evKov, 

 dei<f>v\\ov Be elval' /capjrbv Be Trapojmoiov TTJ 

 Tp/j,iv0w fcal jjueyedei /cal d^^aii Kal xptoaaTf 

 ev&Bes o-(j)6Bpa /cal TOVTO /cal aa\\ov TOV Ba/cpvov. 

 To Be Bd/cpvov aTro evTo/j,?)? <rv\\e<yeiv, evTe/ju- 

 veiv Be ovv^i criBiypOLS VTTO TO acrTpov, oTav fjLa\icr- 

 TO TTvL^rj axri,, /cal Ta o-reXe^ /cal Ta dvco. Trjv 

 Be o-v\\o r yr)v o\ov TO 9epo<; TroielcrOai' OVK elvai 

 Be TTO\V TO peov, a\V ev rjf^epa TOV dvBpa av\\e- 

 <yetv ocrov /coy)(r)v' TTJV 3' oa/jLrjv Bia^epovaav /cal 

 7ro\\r)V, a>(TT aTTO fjU/cpov 7TO\vv efyitcvelaOai, TO- 

 TTOV. d\\* ov (f)oiTav evTavOa d/cpaTOV d\\d TO 

 o-vvr)yibLei>ov /ce/cpafievov iro\\r}v yap 



j. Sch. ; vctfcpov P 2 Ald. 2 Plin. 12 111-123. 

 3 euwSes . . . TOVTO P 2 Ald. ; evwS-rj . . . TOVTOV W. after Sch.'s 

 conj. But the clause begins without a conjunction, and some 



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