THEOPHRASTUS 



irvKvoTepai he oKKai aWcov koI ^vXfoBecrrepai' 

 Kol at fxev IvooBei^, ft>9 ai rfj<i iXdrr]^, al he aapK- 

 (o8ei<; /xdWov, axnrep al t?}? 8pv6<;, al 8e olov 

 6^(oSei<i Kal Ovcravoihea, (aairep al t?}? iXda^- 

 TOVTo Be on rd<i Xevrra? Kal fxtKpa<i 7ro'\Xa<i 

 e')(ov(Ti Kal d0p6a<i' iirel Trdaau ye Kal ravra^i 

 dnocfivovaiv aTTO tcou /xeydXcov aW' 01^)^ 6fioi(o<i 

 ddp6a<i Kal 7roWd<;. 



"EcTTt Be Kal TO, fxev ^aOvppi^a, KaOdirep Bpv<i, 

 TO, S' eTTiTroXaioppc^a, KaOdirep e\da poid firjXea 

 KvirdpiTTO'i. €TL Be al fiev evOelat Kal ofxaXeh, 

 al Be (TKoXial Kal irapaXXdrrovcrat' tovto yap 

 ov jMovov (TVfi^aivei Bid TOv<i tottovi; t& fir) 

 evoBelv dXXd Kal rr)<i ^vae(o<> avri]<i ecrriv, wairep 

 eirl T)]<i Bd(f)V7)<; Kal t?}? iXda^' rj Be crvKrj Kal rd 

 roiavra o-KoXiovrai Bid to fir) evoBelv. 



5 "A-iraaai, S' efifirjrpoi KaOdirep Kal rd areXe')(rj 

 Kal ol aKpefiovd' Kal evXoyov aTTo Tr]<; dpxV'>' 

 elal Be Kal al fiev 7rapa^XacrT>]TiKal el<; to dv(o, 

 KaOdirep dfiireXov p6a<i, al Be aTrapd^acrroi, 

 KaOdirep eXdrt)<i KVirapirTOV irevKr)^. al avral 

 Be Biacfiopal Kal rwv (ppvyaviKMV Kal rwv ttoicoBmv 

 Kal TOiv aXXfov TrXrfv el oXtw? evia fir) e^ei, 

 KaOdirep vBvov fivKrj<i Tre^t? Kcpavviov. rd fiev 

 iroXvppi^a KaOdirep irvp6<i Ti(j}r) KpiOtj, irdv to 

 rotovTo, KaOdirep elKa^ovcrai<i- rd 8' oXcyoppi^a 



6 KaOdirep rd jdehpoird. a')(^eBov Be Kal rwv Xa-^^av- 

 wBoiv rd irXelara povoppi^a, olov pd(f)avo<} 



^ irefis Kfpavviov : ttv^os Kpdviov UMVAld. ; ireCis conj. Sch. 

 from Athen. 2. 59 ; Kipawiov conj. W. cf. Plin. 3. 36 and 37, 

 Juv. 5. 117. '^ elKa^ovixats : word corrupt; so UMVAld. 



■^ Plin. 19. 98. 



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