THEOPHIiASTUS 



eXaxTft) T6 TL KoX evoohearepov ical (TTpvcpvoTepov, 

 Mare Svvacrdat TrXelci) ^(povov dr^aavpi^eaOai. 

 TTVKVorepov he /cat rb ^v\ov tovtwv koI ^avdorepov, 

 ra §' dWa o/j,oiov. to 8' av6o'i iraaoiv ofioiov 

 apLvyhaXfi, irXrjv ovk epvdpov wairep eKelvo a}OC 



e'^xXcoporepov p-cyeOei /leya to BevBpov 



Koi TTepiKOfxov. (f)vX\.ov Be to jxev ein 



'iro\va'x^iBe<i Be koI ev UKpo) a€\ivoeiBe<}, to S' 

 eVt Tcov iraXaiOTepwv 7ro\va-)(iBe<; a(^6Bpa koX 

 iyycovoetBe'i /xei^oa-i ar^icr/jLaai,, Tcravov lv(t)Be<i 

 XeTTToTepov creXivov koI Trpo/xTjKeaTepov koI rb 

 6\ov Kol ra (Tj(icr^aTa, irepiKexa^poiyiievov Be 

 oXov piayov S' 6%et Xeirrbv p,aKp6v rrpb rev 

 (fivXXoppoecv S' epvdpaiverai, acpoBpa. TToXvppi^ov 

 Be rb BevBpov koX 0a9vppi^ov Bi o kol xpoviov 

 Koi BvcroiXedpov. Kol rb ^vXov e^ef TVVKvbv koX 

 6 arepebv Kal ttcra7re9. (jiverac Be koI airb crirep- 

 p.aro'i Kal airb TrapacnrdBo^. v6crr]p,a Be avroiv 

 eariv Mare jrjpdaKovra crKcoXrjKo^pcora yiveadai' 

 Kal ol (TK0)X7}Ke<; p.eydXoi Kal iBioi rj ol ck tmv 

 BevBpcov TMv dXXcov. 



Tct)v S' OLMV Bvo yevT] iroiovcn, rb fxev Bi] 

 KapTTO^opov drjXv rb Be dppev aKapirov ov fMrjv 

 dXXa BiacpepovcTL rot'? KapTroU, T<p ra? fiev 

 a-rpoyyiiXov rdf Be irpop.i'jKri ra<i S' woeiBrj (f)epeiv. 

 Bca^epovai Be Kal rot? x^Xoi^' a)<i yap eVt to 



^ iXaTTui re ti conj . W. ; ^Xarrw fieri UAld. 



- \W. suggests that some words are missing here, as it does 

 not appear to which kind of ixiairlXt) the following descrip- 

 tion belongs ; hence various difficulties. See 8ch. 



3 Probably a lacuna in the text. W. thus supplies the 

 sense : he suggests o-i/cuoeiSe's for o-eAij'oeiSes. 



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