THEOPHRASTUS 



auT?;<? pi&s TO fiev avw TO be Kara) icaOaipeiv 

 Oav^aai^Tepov, olov KOI rrjs Oa^jrias teal T?}? 



t<7%ao9, Ol B* UTTIOV Ka\OV(TL, teal TTJS \t,^aV(DTL- 



So9' OTI <yap av KOI /cdrco /cal civa ravra BvvaTai 



[/caOaipeiv], /caQdirep TO eXarrjpiov, ovOev aroirov. 



"fi^6i Be TI Oa^ria (f)V\\ov fj,ev O/JUOLOV TM 



fiapddw Tr\r)v irXarvrepov Kav\ov Be 



C H 8' fc 



/3pa%v /cav\ov$ 8' 

 pi^av Be o'lavirep o acr^o 

 r)' <j)i\el Be opeiva x&)pia /cal 

 KW&I. avXX.eyerai Be rov rjpos. rovro fjiev 

 ovv iBiov T&V 6ipr)/j,eva)V. 



X. 'O &e eXXe/9o/)o? o re yueXa? /cal 6 Xeu/co? 

 aivovTCii' Trepl Be TT}? 6S/rea)9 

 ol ^ev <yap o/Wof? elvai, ir\r)v TU> 



[JLOVOV Bia<f)p6lV TT]V p'i^aV TOV JJLV 



v TOV Be /jLe\aivav ol Be TOV fjiev yu-eXa^o? 

 TO (frvXXov BaffrvwBes TOV Be \evtcov TrpaacoBes, 

 Ta? Be pi^as oyLtota? 7r\r)v TWV xpco/jLaTcov. ol S* 

 ovv Oyu-otof? Xe^o^Te? Toidv&e <f>acrlv elvai, TTJV 

 jjLOp(f)ijv Kav\ov jjiev dvOepitccoBr) Ppa^vv cr^oBpa' 

 <pv\\ov Be irKaTva-^ia-Tov, irapo^oiov crfyoBpa TU> 

 TOV vdpOriKos, p,r)KO<$ B* eyov evOv 8' etc T?}? pi 



1 OTI yap conj.W. ; oVa yap UU*M*; ra yap ]\I ; T? yap Aid. 



2 Diosc. 4. 153 ; Plin. 13. 124. 8 Diosc. 4, 175. 



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