THEOPHRASTUS 



fydp Tt.ve<; 8iaipe<T€i<; iirl irdvTwv eialv ofioiwi 

 rj/xepcov re Kol dypicov. iBca 8e tt/oo? to, 7]fi€pa 

 TMV dyplfov o-^iKapTTia re Ka\ la')(y^ koI ttoXv- 

 KapiTia TU) irpo^aiveLV TreTraivei re yap oyjnai- 

 repov Kol TO 6\ov dvOel koX /SXaaTavei a>9 eVt to 

 irdv Kol i(7')(yp6Tepa ttj (f)va€r Koi irpoipaLvei, 

 fjuev •nXe'io) KapTrov e/CTrerrei 6' rJTTOV, el firj Kac 

 irdvTa dWd ye to, o/jLoyevrj, olov e\da<i koI uTnov 

 KoTtva Kal dxpd<i. uTTavTa yap ovtw^, irkrjv 

 e'l TL crirdviov, wairep eVl tmv Kpaveicov Kat tmv 

 ovcov TUVTa yap 8)] (f)a(Tt ireTraiTepa Kal r)8vTepa 

 TO, dypia TMV rjfjiepwv elvar Kal el 8i] tl dWo prj 

 7rpoa8e-^eTac yetopylav t) 8ev8pov rj Kal tl tmv 

 iXaTTovcov, olov to ctlK^lov Kal r] KdmrapL^ Kai 

 Tcov ')(e8po'iTOiv 6 6epp,o<i, a Kal fidXccrT dv t49 

 dypia Tr)v (f)vaiv eliroi. to yap pr) 7rpoa8exopevov 

 'qpepaxTiv, waTrep iv Tol<i ^dooi'i, tovto dypiov Trj 

 (fivaei. KaiTOi ^i^crlv "Ittttcov dirav Kal rjpepov 

 Kal dypiov elvat, Kal depairevop.evov pev rjpepov 

 pr] depaTreuop-evov 8e dyptov, Trj pbev 6p6m Xeycov 

 Ty 8e ovK opOS)'?. i^apeXovpevov yap dirav 

 ')(elpov ylveTai, Kal diraypiovTaL, Oepairevopievov 

 8e ov'X^ dirav ^eXTiov, loairep etpr/Tai. o 81] 

 ')((opLaTeov Kal Ta p,€v dypia Ta S' rjp.epa Xcktcov, 



^ el ix^ . . . 6/xoyevrj conj. W.; el ;u)) Kal iravra ra &\\a koI 

 TO. 6fj.oioyfVTJ UAlVAld.H. 



2 cf. G.P. 3. 1. 4. =* cj. 1. 3. 5 11. 



* i.e. the terms 'cultivated' and 'wild' do not denote 

 distinct 'kinds.' 



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