THEOPHRASTUS 



T049 ovofiaaiv aW' dfi(f)co KaXovct KeSpovj, rrXrjv 

 Trapa<ri]fi(o<; rijv Kehpov o^vKehpov. o^coSr] 8' 

 dfji(f)0) KoX TToXvpLaa-xaXa fcal eir e<TT pa fxp^iv a e^ov- 

 ja TO, ^v\a' prjTpav S' rj fxev dpKevOo^ e;)^et 

 fiiKpav Kol TTVKvrjv KOI orav KOTrfj Ta-)(v crrjTTo- 

 fiivrjv Tj Se Ke8po<i to TrXelcrrov ijKapSiov koX 

 ttcrrt7re9, ipvOpoKaphia S' dfj,<pco' Kal rj /xev ti}? 



4 KeSpov eycoSi;? i) Se tT]^ ei-epm ov. Kapiro^; 8' 

 6 fiev T^<? KeSpov ^av0o<; p,vpTOv p,eye0o^ <^X^^ 

 €V(i>8rj(; r}8v<i iadUaOat. 6 Be T>79 apKevOov ra 

 p,ev dWa o/xowi, /u-eXa? Be kol aTpv(f>vo<; Kal 

 uxTTTep d^p(OTo<i' Biapiivet 8' 6t9 eviavrov, eW^ 

 orav a\Xo9 eTTK^vfj 6 irepvaivo'i airoTTiiTTei. 0)9 

 Be ol iv ^ApKaBia Xeyovai, Tpei^ dpa Kapirov^; 

 ta-yei, tov re irepvcnvov ovttco Triirova Kal 

 tov rrporcepvaivov ijorj ireTTOva Kat eooooi/juov 

 Kal rptrov tov veov virocpaivei. 6^77 Be XdTvpo<; 

 Kal Kopiaai tou9 6peoTV7rov<; avT(p dvav6el<; dp^(o. 

 TOV Be ^Xotov ofioiov e^^i KVTrap'iTTM TpwxyTepov 

 Be' pi^a^ Be pavd<i dp,(l)6Tepat Kal iirLiroXaLOV^. 

 <f>vovTai trepl to, ireTpdiBrj Kal 'Xj^ip.epLa Kal tovtov^ 



TOV<i TOTTOVf} ^rjTOVCfL. 



5 jVIecr7riX,7;9 ^' e'crrt Tpia yevr], avdrjBtbv aaTa- 

 veio^ dvdi]Bovo€iBi]<i, 0)9 ol irepl ttjv "^Btjv Biai- 

 povcrt. (f)€pei Be r} fiev aaTaveto^ tov Kapirov 

 fjuei^co Kal XevKOTcpov Kal 'X^avvoTepov Kal Tov<i 

 TTVprjva'i e)(ovTa paXaKcoTepov^' at S' eTepac 



^ irapa(xr]fji.a!s t))i' KfSpov U ; tt. rhv KeSpov M ; Aid. omits the 

 article ; irapatrri/xaffia. KfSpov conj. W. 



2 fi-hrpav conj. Sch.: ixRKAov UMVAld. Plin., 16. 198, sup- 

 ports fxiiTpav : he apparently read fxijTpay 5' tj fj,ev a. ex*' f^aWov 



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