THEOPHRASTUS 



elirelv ev /uf et rb 7r\eov, Kal ovrcos al 

 Bvolv fjiev &>9 r) yevei \a/3eiv, vypov Kal 

 T/oi^o>9 Be yi<.vovrai>, orav rj ofjboyeves o/Jioyevel, 

 r) 7rapd\\arrov ra) irapa\\drrovri, rj vypw vypov 

 rj %ripw r)pov, <rj vypu* ^r/pov>. 



'E/c BVOLV yap rovrcov Kal r) rwv f )(v\o)v Kal 

 rwv oo-fjiMV yevecw 009 uev ol rd dpcofjiara Kal rd 



(rvvriOevres f^/oot9 7r/?o9 

 ol rd fJLvpa Kepavvvvres TJ rw OLVW 

 7T/D09 vypd. rb Be rpirov, o Kal 

 ct>9 ol LLVpeilrol fciypols ?rpo9 vypd' 

 yap fjuvpov Kal %pio- paro*; 77 o~vv6eo~i<$ avrrj. Bet 

 8* elBevai rrolai 7rotot9 ev/jLiKroi Kal rcolai 

 (Tvvepyovo-w et9 TO rroielv jjbiav wairep eirl 

 XVIACOV. Kal yap CKCL ravrb rovro tyr)rov<Jiv ol 

 jj,iyvvvre<$ Kal olov dprvovres. ravra /JLCV ovv 

 ev 049 Kal i &V al re^vai noiovvrai rd reXrj. 

 9 Miyvvvrai Be rd jj^ev avrij^ T^9 6cr/^i)9 eveKa 

 Kal 7rpo9 ravrrjv rrjv alo-Q^^LV, rd B* wcrrrep 

 f3ov\6/jt,eva rrjv yev&iv, olov &>9 ol rd 

 rj rd dpco/jiara 



1 I have supplied /j.{eis to fill the lacuna marked by W. 

 after OVTUS al : the text to the end of the section is defective, 

 but a makeshift restoration and rendering seem possible : 

 the sense of OVTCOS is obscure. 



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