THEOPHRASTUS 



yap TOV djji(f)opea)<> %r)pd<$ iptBo? 

 Krcojj,fj,vr]s /jieBifjivov teal Bvo fjpieKTa 7ro\\rjv 

 Troieiv (fiao'lv cLTTOvdlav, eav be /jLerpCcos <pvpdarj 

 \eiTreiv o<rov Bvo %o9, rot? Be 7roXXo?9 e\arrov. 

 24 Twer at Be TO /BeXriov ipwov av r) typa real 

 aTTvpcoros r) Ipw a/cpareo-Tepa yap rj SvvafjLi? 77 

 eav (j)vpaBelcra Kal 7rvpov/j,evr). (rv^aLvet, Be 

 Kal K0\i/3eo-0ai, fia\\ov etc TWV irpo- 

 Sia TO TITTOV ava^e^eaOai Kal 

 ' Trpocrrv^ovTe^ Se ov TTO\VV %/oo- 

 vov ea)(7i TO, apw^Lara aXX* egaipovcrw, OTTW? firj 



25 IT/009 eKaarov Se TWV /jivpcov efjbffdXXovffi rot, 

 7rp6o-(f)0pa TMV. dpco/jLarayv, olov t9 pey TTJV KV- 

 irpov KapbdjUicopov dairdXaOov dvafyvpaaavres rw 

 eva)Sei. et? Be TO poBivov (f^plvov a 

 Ka\a/jLOV. r) 8' avafyvpaGis O^JLOLW^. Kal 

 aXXot? del ra apjjLOTTOvra. rq> poBivy 8' e/ 

 \ovrai Kal a\9 7ro\\ol Kal TOUT' iBiov jrapa 

 rd\\a, Bio Kal TrXetcrT?; airovala yiverar fj,i,y- 

 vvrai yap els rbv d/j,(j)opea Bvo peBi/jivoi. 



26 T>)9 Be KVTrpov r) fiev epyaaia 7rapa7T\ija-ia rp 



1 Dry measure : the equivalents given are, of course, only 

 approximate. 



^ rJ> ySe'Artoj/ tptvov W. after Soh. ; TO fif\Tiov rb Ipivov Vlllg. 

 The article must be omitted in one place or the other. 



Kvirpos, called from a tree of that name : not mentioned 

 in H.P. cf. Plin. 12. 119. 



4 cf. H.P. 9. 7. 2 and 3. 6 cf. H.P. 9. 7. 3. 



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