THEOPHRASTUS 



evTevOev eav Be 7ravTa%66ev o/<iotft>9, TroAAa Trveu- 



fjuev ovv (Tij/Aeia ravra. 



38 III. X6/-ia>i/o9 Be TaBe. r/At09 Bvopevos et? /JLTJ 

 KaOapov. Kal co? av uepKrOfj Bvouevos, OUTO)? at 

 rjfjLepai 7rire\ovvrai. olov el TO rpirov yLte^oo? 

 aTro\ei,<t)6eir} rj TO tffj,i(rv. TO cre\rjviov eav opOov 



s /cal el evfcv/c\op, %ei/jido-ei f^e^pt 

 yepavoi eav irpwl TreTcovTai, /cal aOpooi, 

 Trpon' ftei/jidcrei, eav Be otye /cal iro\vv %povov, otye 

 'XeifidaeL. /cal eav vTroo-Tpa^w&i TreTo/ievai, %ei- 

 fiwva (rrj/jiaivov(Ti. 



39 X?}z>65 /3oc5^T69 fJid\\OV T) 7Tpl (TITOV 



'Xeipepiov* O-TTIVOS crTpovOos aTrl^wv ewOev 

 fjuepiov. opxiXos [&>?] elaioov /cal elcrBvo/jievos 

 o?ra9 'XeijJi&va ari^aivovai /cal epi6ev<$ 

 fcopwvr) eav Tayv Bl$ /cpa>r) /cal Tpirov, 

 /cal Kopcovrj /cal /copa /cal /co\oio<> otye 

 ^eifiepioi. GTpovOos eav \evtco<$ rj %e\iBcov i] 

 a\\o TL T&V pr) elwOoTwv \v/c)v, xei/A&va fteyav 

 crrj/jiaivovcnv, axrTrep tcai, /JieXaves eav 7ro\\ol 

 (fravwcnv, vBcop. 



40 Kal eav e/c 7re\dyov<i opviOes (fievycocri, %ei/j,a)va 



/cal CTTTLVOS ev ol/cia ol/covfjievrj 

 ^eLfJuepiov. ocra vBwp cni/jiaivet, %ei- 

 dyei, eav fjt,rj vBcop, ^Lova Kal 



1 i.e. and the succeeding day will be more or less stormy in 

 proportion. airo\el(t>6flri. ? a.tro\r](f)deii] = ' may be obscured.' 



2 cf. 27. i.e. it is possible, more or less, to see the whole 

 circle. 



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