THEOPHRASTUS 



\aTT6iv TOV9 ev 

 TOV a a) pen 09, paara Be TOVS Trapa^pijfjia. Xim- 

 KOV Be (f>dppafcov ov% evprjaOai, Kaddrrep d/covo/iev 

 erepcov TL fyvevOai. XXa TOVS ey^wpiovf dvaa-a)- 



%IV Tt,vd<$ fjL6\LTl KOI OlVCt) Kol TOLOVTOIS TiGl, 



Be /cal TOVTOV? KOI p<ya>Ba)<;. 

 rov e(f>r)/y,pov TO 

 erepov yap rt pityov elvai o e^rf/ 

 rovro Be (j)vX\ov O^OLOV e%eiv rw e\\e{36p(i) fj r& 

 \eipLw' KOI TOVTO TrdvTas elBevai' Bi? o KOL ra 



adac, KaTreira larpevetv avrd TT/OO? TOVTO opfiwvTa, 

 Kal yap ovBe Td^elav rcoteladai TTJV drraXX.ayrjv 

 ouBe l\a<f)pav aXXa Bva^eptj /cal ^poviov el ^ 

 dpa Bid TO evdepdirevTov elvai KCLI aKaTacr/cevacr- 

 TOV co? Bel. (pacrl yovv /cal Trapa^prjfjia aTca\- 

 \aTTeaQai Kal v<?Tepov %povu> TOU? Be /cal et? 

 dyeiv, /cal T9 Boareis dftor)0?JTOVs elvai. 



1 i.e. no herb having that effect. 



2 trepcDV conj. Sell.; erep^v ri QvfffOat UAlcl. H. ; fTfp6v TI 

 <t>vo/j.evov conj. W. G seems to have had a fuller text. 



3 aAAa TOUS yx- UM ; aAXa TIVGS rots evyKafj.vois fior)6eiai 

 ei/'pTj^rai- rovs yap tyx* Ald.H., which the indicative evprjvrat 

 shews to be a gloss. 



4 TOV etprj/nepov U ; ra l(p' rj/nepov M ; /col rb ffp^nepov Aid. 

 The passage about e > 4>T) J uepoj>, which interrupts the account of 

 O.KOVITOV, is confused, and the text probably defective ; trans- 

 lation a makeshift. The sense of tl p$ ....'&* Set" being 

 perhaps irrecoverable, the connexion of what follows is 

 obscured. W. gives up the passage. 



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