THEOPHRASTUS 



vd^ovaiv ovS" iv Tot<; Kara^opeioL<i Kal XeTrro- 

 yeioi^, olov eirl ^oXvkw rrj<i M.eyapiSo'i' ovSe rrjf; 

 K-optvOla^ ev nai. toitoi';. 0)(TavTCO<i Se fcal r} 

 TOiv Trvev/xdreov Kard(na(Ti<i' ^op€iOL<; yap paXkov 

 rj voTLOi'i aTro^dWovai, kolv ■yjrv'X^poTepa Kal 

 irXeloi yevrjrai pdWov 6tl S' avTWv rcov BevSpcov 

 T) <^v(n<i' rd 'TTpfola yap diro^dWei, jd S' 6-\\na 

 ovK cK^dWei, KaOdirep rj AaKcovcKTj Kal at dXXai. 

 8i Kal OVK ipivd^ovai TavTa<i. ravra pev 



ovv ev T€ T0i9 TOTTOL'; Kal Tot9 ykvecn Kal rfj 

 Karaardaet rov depo<i e%6t ra? Bca(f}opd<;. 



2 Ot 8e ■\}r7]V€<; eKSvovrai pev Ik tov epiveov, 

 KaOdirep eoprjTar yivovTai S' e'/c r(ov K€y')(^papihaiv. 

 o-rjpelov Se Xeyovaiv, on eTrecBdv cKSvofaiv ovk 

 eveca-i K€y^papi8€<i. eKBvovrat Be ol ttoWoI 

 €yKaTa\nr6vTe<i rj iroBa r) irrepov. yevo<i Be rt 

 Kal erepov ecrri tmv ■\^r}v5)v, o KaXovcn KevTpiva<i' 

 ovToi 8' dpyol KaOdirep Kr}(f>7Jve<;' Kal T0v<i elcrBvo- 

 pevovi Twv erepwv Kreivovcnv avrol Be evairo- 

 OvrjCTKOvaiv. eTraivovai Be pdXiara rSiV epivoov 

 ra peXava ra €K tcov irer pmBwv '^copimv TroWa? 



J yap e%e£ Tavra KeyXpapiBa^. yiyvcoaKerat Be 

 TO epivaapevov ra> epvdpov elvai Kal ttoikIXov Kal 

 icrxypov TO S' dvepivacTTov XevKov Kal daOeve^' 

 TTpocmdeacn Be Toi<i Beopevoc<} orav varj. ottov 

 Be 7rXet(TT09 KOvtopr6<i, evravda TTXelcna Kal 



^ cf. 8. 2. 11. 



2 ^vxp^repa Kal nXeio) conj. Sch.; rex^orepa Kal irXflwv MV 

 Aid. ; TfXpoTfpa Kol ir\fla> U. 



* irpcoto conj. Sch. from G ; irpHra Ald.H. 



* Plin. 17. 255 and 256. 



