THEOPHRASTUS 



Kol TO iv AlyvTTTq) KoKovfievov ovlyyov' to, fiev 

 yap (pvWa jxeyaXa koX 6 ^\a(no<i avTOv y8/oa%i;9, 

 rj Se pL^a fia/cpa Kai iajiv Mcnrep 6 KUpiro'^. 

 Stacfjepec re Kal eaOierai, koI avWeyovai Be orav 

 12 o TroTafio<; arro^r) arpe^ovTe<i Ta9 ^(o\ov<i. (pave- 

 poiiTara he koX TrXeicrTrjv e^ovra tt/jo? to, aXka 

 Sia(popav TO alXcfitov Kal r) KaXovfxivTj puayvhapt,'^' 

 dp^orepcov yap tovtwv Kal uTTavTcov rcov rocovrcov 

 iv Tat<i pi^aa p,aKXov rj (f)vai<;. ravra p.ev ovv 

 ravTr} XrjTTTea. 



"Eviai 8e Tcov pc^MV Trkeiw ho^aiev av e'xeiv 

 Sia(f)opav irapa ra^ elpr]p,eva<;' olov aX re rrj<i apa- 

 '^iSvTj'i Kal rov opoiov tS apuKW' (pepovac yap 

 dfxcfeoTepat Kapirov ovk ekdrrco rov dvw Kal fiiav 

 fxev pi^av to dpaKoohe<i tovto iTaj(e'i'CLV e^^t ttjv 

 Kara ^ddov<i, rd'i S' a\Xa<i ecf oov 6 Kapiro^ 

 \€7rT0Tepa<i Kal eir aKpw [/cat] o-^t^ofieva<i ttoX- 

 \a')(ri' (piXel Se p,d\i(TTa %&)/3ta to, vcpafi/xa- (pvX- 

 Xov Se ovherepov e%et rovruyv ov8^ op,oia rot<{ 

 <pvXXoi<;, dXX oicnrep dp(f)i,Kap7ra pdXXov eaTiv o 

 Kal (paiveraL Oavpdaiov. al fiev ovv (f>vaei<i 



Kal 8vvdp,et<i Toaavra<i e')(ovaL Siacpopd^. 



VII. Av^dvea-Oai Se irdvrwv Sokovctiv al pi^ai 

 TTporepov TOiV dvw Kal yap (pverai el<; ^ddo<i' 

 ovSepLca 8e KadrjKei irXiov r) oaov 6 ijXio'i icpiKvel- 

 raf TO yap deppiov ro yevvoiv ov /jltjv dXXd 



^ oijiyyov mBas.H. ; ovCrov MV; ov'irov Aid.; cf. 1. 1. 7 ; 

 Plin. 21. 88 {oetum). 



^ /j.eyd\a : text doubtful (W. ). 



^ Sm^e'pei : text doubtful (Sch.). 



* (TTpftpovTes ras l3di\ovs conj. Coraes ; atecpovTes 0a>ixovs 

 UMVAld. s ^^ ins. Sch. 



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