THEOPHRASTUS 



4 Aia(f)epovcn Be fcal rep ra jxev aO poa fier 

 aWrjXwv elvai, ra 8e BtecrrtoTa /cat (TT0i')(r}B6v, 

 oiCFirep TO, T?^9 Ko\oKvvTr]<i Kal aiKva<i Kal rcov 

 SevSpcov, 0)9 UepaLKpjq fjurjXea'i. Kal rSiv aOpocov 

 ra fiev kvi Tivi irepte^eadai, KaOdirep ra ti}? p6a<i 

 Kal rri<; airiov Kal /jLrjXea^; Kal rrj-i ap^ireKov Kal 

 a-vKrj<i' TO, 8e /xer' uXXijXcov p,ev elvai, p,r} irepi- 

 e'xeardai he v(j)^ ev6<{, wcnrep ra ara')(yr}pa rwv 

 eTTereioiv, el p^rj ri<; delr) rov ard')(yv &>? 'Trepie')(pv' 

 ovrco 8' earai Kal 6 ^6rpv<i Kal raWa ra 

 ^orpvcoSr) Kal oaa 8r) <J3ep€i 8i ev^ooiav Kal 

 'X^oopa'i dperrjv d6poov<i rov<; Kaprrov^i, coairep ev 

 %vpia (paal Kal aWoOi ra<; e\da^. 



5 'AXXa Kal aurr] 8oK€t ri<; elvai 8ia(f)opd rb ra 

 p,ev d(f evo<{ p,iaj(pv Kal pid<i irpoa^vaew'i 

 ddpoa yipeadai, KaOdirep eVt re roiv ^orpvrjpMv 

 Kal ara')(^vr)pa)v etprjrai //.?; 7re/Jie%o/Aei/a koivw 

 rtvt yLvecrdar rd 8e p,r} ytveaOai. eVei. Ka0^ 

 eKacrrov je Xap^dvovri row arreppudraiv rj r&v 

 ireptexovroyv I8iav dpxv^ ^xet rr}? rrpoa^vaeaxi, 

 olov 7] re pd^ Kal rj poa Kal irdXiv 6 TTVpo^ Kal r} 

 Kpidrj. i'jKiara S' dv 86^eiev rd rSiv pujXcov Kal 

 rd rcov diricov, on avp^fravei re Kal TrepieiXtjirrai 

 KaOdirep vpevi rivl 8epp,ariKa> irepl ov ro irepi- 



6 KapiTLOv dX\! 6p.o}<i Kal rovrcov eKacrrov I8iav 

 dpxv^ ^'%^* '^^1' ^vaiv cfiavepcorara 8e rca 



^ ffToixn^iv conj. W.; o-xeSbi' Aid. 



^ kvi Tivi couj. Sch.; eV Ttvi Aid. ^ cf. Plin. 15. 15. 



* ai'TTj conj. Sch.; avrr) Aid. ^ rb conj. W.; rif Aid. 



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