THEOPHRASTUS 



7 Twz> Be Ti0Vfj,d\\a)V 6 aev 7rapd\io<? Ka\ov- 

 /iei'O9 KOKKLVOV <>v\\ov e%e TrepHpepes, Kav\bv Be 

 Kal TO o\ov [AeyeOo? 0)9 <T7ri0ajjLT)<> TOV Be Kaprrbv 

 \evKov. d/ACLTai Be OTav apTi TrepKa^rj o~Ta(f)v\r), 

 Kal %Y)pav6ei<$ o Kaprrbs BiBoTai rriveiv Tpi(j)0el<> 

 offov TpiTov fjiepos ov/3d<f)ov. 



8 ? O 8' apprjv Ka\ovfjievo^ TO p,ev (f)v\\ov eXa^w- 



TO Be o\ov ae<ve#09 Tnriyvalov. TOVTOV 



apa Tpvyrjrw Kal OepaTrevaavTes 

 &>9 Bel xpwvrat,' icaOaipei, 8e KCLTW fj,a\\ov. 



TO /lev (j)v\\ov e^et, Kaddjrep 6 /jivppivos, Tr\r)v 

 dKav0w$es air aKpov K\r)fj,aTa 8' dfyi^Giv eVl 

 Ti]V ryrjv to? crmOafJuaZa, raOra 8' ov% a/Ml fyepei 

 TOV KapTrov d\\d Trap 1 ero?, TO, p,ev vvv ra 8' et? 

 vkwTa, 7re(f)VKOTa diro TTJS avTrjS pifys. (piXel Se 

 opeiva ^copia. o Be KapTtos avTov KaXeiTai 

 Kapvov. aiL&ai 8' orav dSpvvwvTai al Kpidal Kal 

 %ripaivovTes Kal dTroKa6aipovTe<$' avTov TOV Kap- 

 TTOV 7r\vvavT<; ev vBaTi Kal Tcakiv IjrjpdvavTes 

 BiSoao-i Trielv av/jL/jLiyvvvres Bvo fJ^epij TT}? fj.e\aivt]^ 

 /jirJKtovos, TO Be avva/JL^oTepov o&ov o%v(Ba$ov 

 Kadaipet, Be <f)*\.ey/j,a KCLTW eav Be TO Kapvov avTo 

 BiBaHTi, TptyavTes ev OLVW <y\VKei BiBoaaiv 77 ev 

 a-rjcrd/uM Tre^pvyfjievw KaTaTpayeiv. TavTa 



OVV TOfc? T6 (f)V\\Ol<i Kttl T0t9 07T049 Kal T0t9 



1 Plin. 26. 68. 



2 K&KKIVOV conj.W. ; K^KKOJ MSS. cf. Plin. I.e. ramis ru- 

 bentibus. 3 Diosc. 4. 164 ; Plin. 26. 62-65. 



4 OVTWS us Set xp' conj. Sell.; OVTWS us ty XP- U*; ovrcas XP- 

 Aid. 



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