THEOPHRASTUS 



oXft)9 TWV <f)vX\(i)V KOI TWV OpoBd/JLVCOV Kal 



a7rXo)9 TWV vTrep 7779 ra ev Kptfrr) Bia<f>epeiv, rwv 

 Be a\\ci)v TWV ye TfkeiaTwv ra ev TO* Tiapvacrw. 



4 To 8' aKoviTov yiveTai pev KOI ev Kpijrrj KOI ev 

 ZiaKvvda), '7r\elo'TOV &e KOI apiarov ev 'H^a^Xeta 

 rfi ev TIovTw. e^ei Se <f>v\\ov fjiev Ki%optwSe<i, 

 pi^av Be 6/Aoiav TO) d^fian Kal rw ^pcopart 

 tcap&i, Trjv Se Bvva/Jiiv rrjv Qavarrj^opov ev Tavrrj" 

 TO Be (f>v\\ov Kal rbv Kapjrbv ovOev (pavi, Troielv 

 KapTTos Be ecrTi Troa? ov% vX^a-ros. ^pa^ela Be 

 j] Troa /ecu ovBev e^ovaa Trepirrov, a\\a Trapo/jioia 

 TW 0"trct> TO Be (TTrepiJua, ov (TTa%vr)p6v. (j)verai Be 

 7ravTa%ov Kal OVK ev rat? 'A/coi/at? povov, <' wv 

 e%ei T^V TTpoo-rj^opiav avrrf Be ea-n KCO/JLTJ r^? rwv 

 MftpiavBvvwv (j)i\6i Be /j,a\io'Ta TOU9 TrerpwBeis 

 T07TOVS' ov vefjuerai Be ovre 7rp6/3arov OUT* a\\o 



6 fcoov ovBev. cvvTiOeaOai Be rpoTrov nva irpos TO 

 epyd^ecrOai Kal ov Traz^To? elvai' Bi? o Kal TOU9 

 larpov? OVK eTria-Ta/jievovs avvriQevai O-^ITTIKW re 

 %pr)o-0ai Kal 777)09 a\\a arra' TTIVO/JLCVOV B 1 

 ovBe/jiiav alo-Orjo-iv iroieiv our ev oivq> our ev 

 /jL\iKpdr(f)' crvvTiOeaOai Be were Kara 

 TaKTOvs avaipelv, olov Bi/jirjvov Tpi^vov 

 eviavrov, TOV9 Be Kal Bvo err)' ^eipio-ra Be a?raX- 



this word seems to occur onl} 7 here in T. 



2 Diosc. 4. 76 and 77 ; Plin. 27. 9 and 10. 



3 KaptSi conj. W. ; Kaptai U; Kapva Aid. c/. Diosc. I.e. 



4 cj. 9. 8. 1. 



Plin. 6. 4, portus Acone veneno aconito dims. But in 27. 10. 

 he apparently did not recognise 'AJvats as a proper name, 



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