THEOPHRASTUS 



eXja KaO" eKaa-rov, varepov eVt irXelov wairep 

 avaO€(i)povvTa<i. 



"EcTTi Be ra fxev opOo^vrj koL fiaKpoareXixv 

 KaOdirep iXdri] ttcvkt] Kvirdpi'no'i, ra Se (tko- 

 Xicorepa koI ^pa'xyaT€\e')(7] olov irea crvKrj potd, 

 KoX Kara izdyo'i he koX XeirroTi^Ta ofMovto^. 

 Kol TTokLV TCb fjL€v fxovoareXexv to, Se iroiXv- 

 (TT6Xe^>7" Tovjo Se ravrb rpoTrov nvd kol t& 

 7rapa^\acTTr]TtKd rj dirapd^Xaara elvar Kot 

 TroXvKXaS-r] kol oXiyoKXaSa Kaddirep 6 (f)otvL^, 

 Kul iv avTol<i TovTOi<i en Kara la'xyv rj Tra^o? ■^ 

 2 Tci'i roLavTa<i Sca(f)opd<;. TrdXiv rd fxev Xeirro- 

 (p\oia, Kadd-nep hd^vq (f)i\vpa, rd Se 'jraxv^^oca, 

 Kadd.irep 8pv<;, en rd puev \ei6(f)Xoia, /caOdrrep 

 p^rjXea avK-fj, rd Be Tpa')(y<^\oia, Kaddirep dypia 

 Bpv'i (f>€X\o<i (})oivi,^. Trdvra Be vea p,ev ovra 

 \€io(f)Xoi6T€pa, diTO'yripdaKovTa Be Tpaxv(f)\oi6- 

 repa, evia Be koX f)r]^[<f)\oia, KaOdirep a/x7reXo9, rd 

 Be KOL 0)9 TrepLTriTTTeiv, olov dv8pd')(Xr] firjXea 

 KOfiapo'i. ecTTL Be koL tmv p.ev (TapK(oBri<; 6 (j)Xoi,6<i, 

 olov (fieWov Bpv6<i alyetpov rcbv Be IvcoBr}^ kol 

 d(TapK0<i 6//-otct)9 BevBpwv koX dd/xvcov kol eTrereirov, 

 olov dp.ireKov KoXdpov rrvpoii. Kal tcov fiev 

 7ro\v\o7ro<i, olov <^ikvpa<; eXarr]'; dfiTreXov \ivo- 

 airdprov Kpofivcov, rcov Be /jLovoXotto^, olov a-VKrj^ 



^ i.e. taking account of differences "in qualities, etc. See 

 § 4, but the order in which the three kinds of ' differences ' 

 are discussed is not that which is here given ; the second is 

 taken first and resumed at 6. 1, the third begins at 5. 4, the 

 first at 14. 4. 



2 ravTh conj. Sch. ; ahrh UMVPAld. 



•* Tpaxv<p\oi6Tipa conj. H. from G ; ■iraxv<\). UMAld. 

 cf. Plin. 16. 126. 



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