THEOPHRASTUS 



TrX-etof? ft)9 tt}? (})vcreco<i dafivooBovi ovar}<i. ov 

 fiovo(7Te\€')(€<i S' av So^eiev ov8^ rj /jbijXea ouS' rj 

 pota ovB Tj aTTLo^ elvai, ouS' oXw? oaa 7rapa^\a- 

 (TTTjTiKa aTTo Tb)V pi^oov aWu TTJ dycoyp TOiavra 

 irapaipov/xevoyv tmv aXXtov. evia he koI eaxrc 

 TToXva- TeXe'XT) Sia XenrorrjTa, KadaTrep poav 

 p,r]\eav eS)(7L he koI Ta9 €Xda<i K07rdSa<; Kol Ta<; 



Td'^a S' CIV Ti<; ^airj koI o\(o<; lueyeOei Kol fj,i- 

 KpoTTjTi Siaipereov elvai, to, he ia-)(vi Kal da-deveia 



KOX TToXvXPOVtOTIJTl KOl 6XiyO)(^pOVl6T7}TC. rWV TC 



yap (f>puyav(oha)v Kal Xa^avcohcov evia fiovo- 

 areXe'xri Kal olov hevhpov (fivacv 6')(pvra yuverai, 

 KaOdnrep pdtpavo^ injyavov, odev Kal KaXoval 

 Tiv€<; TO, TOiavra hevhpokd'^ava, rd re \a)(avd)hri 

 Trdvra rj rd TrXeiara orav eyKarafxetvr] Xa/x^dvei 

 nvdq coarrep dKp€fi6va<; Kal yiverat ro oXov ev 

 (T')(riiJbari hevhpcohec ttXtjv oXiyo^povLwrepa. 



Aid hi) ravra Mcrirep Xeyojjiev ovk aKpi^oXoyr}- 

 reov ru) opay dXXd ra> rinro) XrjTrreov rov<i 

 d(j>opi,cr/j,ov';' eVet Kal rd<; hcai-pecrei<i o/xoico'i, olov 

 r)p,epo)v dypicov, Kaprro^opoav aKdpiTcov, dvdo^opcov 

 dvavOwv, deicpvXXcov (jivXXo^oXcov. rd [xev yap 

 dypia Kal rjixepa irapd rrjv dyoiyrjv elvai hoKcl' 

 irdv yap Kal dypiov Kal ijfiepov (p-t]aiv "Ittttcov 

 yiveaOai rvy)(dvov rj pbrj rvy^dvov depaireia'i. 



^ i.e. so that the tree comes to look like a shrub from the 

 growth of fresh shoots after cutting, cf. 2 6. 12 ; 2. 7. 2. 

 ^ pa.(\)avos conj. Bod. from (i ; ^a(pav\s Aid. 



* cf. 3. 2. 2. The Ionian philosopher. See Zeller, Pre- 

 Socratic Philosophy (Eng. trans.), 1. 281 f. 



* Ka\ add. W. ; so G. 



^ ^ conj. Sch, ; koI UAld.Cam.Bas.H. 



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