THEOPHRASTUS 



fJt,ei>a' 7Tl Kal TO TMV TTlKpWV. Tj^rf $6 7Tft)9 OVK 



evavTiov a/j,a pev TO (wo-fiorarov ^tjTelv, wo"nep 

 Kal TO &>//,OT/o^e9 CK Twv <f)av\io)V, dfia 6" ev 

 Troieiv; Spi/jLVTijra yap e%ei TO 



el jmrj ap on TO e\aiov 

 . ravra pev ovv 7ricrfce7rT60V. 

 17 Xpwvrai ^e TT^O? irdvra TO?? dpu>^acn, 



/JLV 7TiaTV<j)OVTe<i TO \CilOV TOt9 ^6 KOI TYjV 6(7/JLrfV 



e/c TOVTWV e/jLTTOiovvres. vTroo-Tvcpovfft, yap Trdv 

 et9 TO et;acr6ai fjud\\ov rrjv oo-^rjv, axrTrep rd epia 

 et9 rrjv ftafyrfv. vTroartxperat, Se TOt9 d 

 po^9 TWV dpay/jidrcov, eW^ varepov 

 d<fi ov av fjov\,wvTai rrjv off^v \a(3elv ITTL- 

 tcparel <ydp del TO ea^arov efJi^aXXofievov Kal 

 av e'Xarrov rf olov edv 6t9 KOTV\r)v <T/jLvpvrjs 

 teal varepov e^^XrjdMdi KivafitofjLOV 

 l Svo, KpaTovdiv at TOV KWCL/JLCO/JLOV Svo 



18 avjj,dcreie 8' av T^9 laws rovro re Kal Sid 

 TI 7TOT6 rd dpco/jiara r jrpoe^a\\6jjbeva SeKTitcto- 

 repov Troiel rovXaiov oa/jirjv e^ovra' el <ydp 

 dwSes elvai TO Se^o/JLevov, TO Se KaTeCKr^^i^kvov 

 v$> erepov OVK d&Ses, (>o~6* fjrrov e^prjv elvai 

 aiTiov $ dfjL^orepwv TI Trdvrcov TO 

 d yap ovra TO \LTTOS eXrcei Tr/709 e 



1 rb conj. Sch.; ra Vulg.W. Sch. also adds a/j.vy8d\<av after 



TTlKpCOV. 



2 i.e. those derived from the Egyptian halanos and bitter 

 almonds. 



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