THEOPHRASTUS 



fjiraftd\\ei. QaXacrcra olBovaa real d/cral fiowcrai, 

 /cal alyia\b<; ^%wi^ dvejjiwBr)?. fcal 6 pev ftopeas 

 \r)<ya)v e\drro)v 6 Be voro? dp%6uevos. 

 orcoOev civ y vBcop 77 dveaov <Ti)/j,aivei,. 

 30 H rrefiTrrr) /cal Be/cdrij drro rporrwv rwv 

 Xeifjiepivtov a)? ra 7ro\\a vonos. ftopeicov $e 

 rytvoju,eva)v ^tjpaivei, iravra, voriwv Be vypaivei. 

 eav Be VOTLWV OVTWV ^ro(f)fj <.n> TMV KKO\\rj- 

 /jLevwv, et9 TO, voTia o"yj /active i rrjv /jLTa/3o\tjv eav 

 Be TroSe? olBwcri, VOTICL tj /A6ray5oX^. TO Be avro 

 teal e/cvetyiov. /cal oBa^ayv rov Be^iov. 

 o xepcralos a-rjfjLavriKov Troielrai Be Bvo 

 OTra? OTTOV av olfcfj, rrjv fj,ev 777)09 ftoppav TIJV Be 

 voroOev OTTorepav S' av a,7ro(f) parry, evrevOev 

 7rvevfj,a (TTjfjiaiveL, eav 8' d{j,<f)orepa$, ave^ov 



31 'Rav opos . . ., 7T/30? ffoppa ave^ov 

 eav ev Oa\drrrj ej;ai<j)vr)s rrvevfju 

 yivrjrai, fJberafto\,r)V irvev[j,aro^ r) eiriBoo-iv. eav 

 a/cpat aerecopot, (fraivcovrai rj Kal vrjo-oi etc /Mas 

 TrXe^ou?, voriav fj,era/3o\rjv arjfjiaiver 777 re /-te- 

 \atva V7ro(f)aivo/jivr) </36peiov>, \evfcrj Be voriov. 

 al a\a)ve<; rrepl rrjv ae\rjvr]v Trvev/JiarwBeis jjiaXKov 

 rj rrepl jj\iov o-rj/j,aivov(Ti Be rrvev/jia payeia-ai 

 rrepl d^co, /cal y av payy ravrrj rrvevfAa. ejrt- 



1 c/. 40 ; Plin. 18. 359 ; Verg. Georg. 1. 356. 



2 c/. Arist. Probl. 26. 12 ad fin. 



3 fypaivei, vypatvei seem to be used quasi- impersonally ; but 

 the text is perhaps defective. 



4 vormMSS. ; ptpeia conj. Furl., surely with good reason, 

 c/. Arist. Probl. 1. 24. 



5 After 56i&? Sch. and W. mark a lacuna, which does not 

 seem necessary. 6 c/. Arist. H.A. 9. 6 ad fin. 



410 



