THEOPHRASTUS 



%ei/jiepiov. Ko\oiol IK TOV VOTOV Trero/jievoi KOI 

 TevQi&es 'xeijj.epiai. (jxovrj ev \ifJLevi airo^o^ovcra 

 KOI Tro\vTr\OKOv fyovaa ^ei/^eptov. Kal ol rrvev- 

 fjuoves ol Oa\aTTioi eav TroXXot fyaivwwrai ev r& 

 7T\djt., 'xeijjiepivov 6TOV9 <J7] fj,elov '. Trpopara eav 

 Trpco'l o%evr)Tai, Trpwlov xei/jiwva o-rjfAaivova-i. 

 41 MeroTTCo/jft) eav 7rp6/3ara T) /3o69 opvrrcoo-i KOI 

 KOifAWVTai a6p6oi rcpos a\\ij\ov<; e%oz/re? r9 

 Ace^aXa?, TOV %ifjiwva xeipepiov arf/^aivei. ev 

 Se TO) HOVTW (paaiv, orav 'Ap/crovpos avareiKr) 

 Qarrov, evavriovs rw floppa ve/JLecrdai. /Soe 

 fjiaXkov eaQiovres TOV elwOoTOS teal eVl TO Segib 



iv 



/ca cra /cpovcov 



Kal f^a^o/jieva Trpoffara KOI opvi0es 

 Trepl GITQV IT a pa TO eOos* irpoTrapacrfcevd^ovTai, 

 yap' teal fives rpi^ovres Kal op^ovfievoi %ei[Jiepi,ov. 

 42 Kal KVCOV Tot9 TTOcrlv opvrrovo-a Kal o\o\vya)v 

 aSov&a /JLOVIJ aKpwpias ^eifiepiov. 7779 evrepa 

 TroXXa <f>aiv6/j,va ^ei/JLMva o-rjfjiaivei. Kal eav 

 7rvp jmr) 0e\rj ajrreaOai, ^eifjiipiov Kal eav Xv^vos 

 urj eOekrj, ^eifiMva <Tr}fULLVf Kal re(f)pa 

 vifyerov. Xu^o9 evbias ^crv^alo^ 

 ^eifiwva o-rj/Aaivei,' Kal eav %e/yu,a>^o9 

 OI/T09 fiVKai fjue\aivai eTTiyivcovrai, ^eifiwva crrj- 

 Kal eav wcrTrep Key%poi,<> 7roXXot9 Kard- 



The word is perhaps corrupt and conceals the 

 name of a bird. 

 2 c/. 21, 29. iroXv-nKoKov is Furlanus' conj. for Vulg. 



z iTVfvfj.ovfs. Pliu. 18. 359. pulmones : c/. 9. 154. 

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