THEOPHRASTUS 



7rXeo>9 77, %eifJLepi(Tr ical edv KVK\W nrepl TO 

 \afjLTTpov wcriv evBias ovo"r]<s, yioviKQV. 



43 'H ToO ovov <&drvrj el avvio-rarai ical 

 yiverai, %ei/j,a>va o-yfMaivei. KOI edv 



\afJb7Tpd /JLT) 6V Tft> ttUTOJ fACVrj, X6l/ijL6plOV. eVl 



Svofjievy eav \djjL^r) /card Hdpv^Qa /cal 

 /cal r "T/j,rjTTOV, edv fiev airawra fcara- 

 fAeyav %eiyu-o>va cTTjjAaivei,, edv Be rd Svo, 

 edv Be TLdpvr)6a /JLOVOV, evBieivov /cal edv 

 ovros vefyeKr) /j,aKpd eVt rbv f/ T/jir]rTov y, 

 eTTiracnv arjiJLaivet,. "A^cw? /cal "OXu//,- 

 Kai 6Xft>9 opecov /copv(f>ai /care^o/jievai VTTO 

 ve(f>e\(Jt)v 'xeifiepiov. edv evSlas ryivo/jbevrj^ ve- 

 <j)e\iov <f>aivr)Tai ev T> depi Traparerafjievov /cal 

 ri\\ofjievov, ovTTQ) TTaverai 6 'xeiiiutv. 



44 'Rdv TO /jLCToircopov evBieivbv irapd TO etVo? 

 yevrjrai,, TO eap ryiverai ^rv^pov o>9 rd TroXXa. 

 edv Trpcot ^eifjid^eiv dpgrjrai, Trpw'l jraverai ical 

 eap /ca\6v, edv Be rovvavriov, /cal eap otyiov ea-rai. 

 edv %ei/jiOt)V veTios, TO eap avx/nijpov, edv 8' 



o? o xeifitov, TO eap /ca\6v. edv f) oTrcopa 

 eiriei/crjs, rd 7ro\\d jiverat, TO?? 

 ^yU-09. edv TO eap /cal TO Oe 

 , ij re oirwpa yuverai, /cal <TO> 

 Trvtyrjpbv /cal ov/c dve/jicoBes. 



45 Ol TTplvoL edv evKapirwai, ^ei^wve^ TroXXol 

 G(f)6Bpa yivovrai. edv eirl /copvcfrrjs opovs vefas 

 oObv GTr)> %ei,[jLwva crrmaivet, oOev /cal 'A/ 



" T\av% opa' (SaOvs ydp ijBrj 



1 ovov <f>a.Tvr). cf. 23, 51. See LS, *.v. ovos ; Theocr. 22. 

 21. Plin. 18. 353, sunt in signo Cancri duae stellae parvae 



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