THEOPHRASTUS 



€V T0t9 (TKL€pol<i, OV flrjV oXXa Kal iv TOt<? fl1] 



TOLovToi<;' Oa/jLV(t)8€<; 8e pd^hoL<i eVeretoi? av^a- 

 vofiivai'i /J'^XP'' '^V'^ (f)vWoppoia<i et? /atJ/co?, elra 

 fiera ravra 6t9 'nd')(p<i' ro 8e v-\lro<i twv pd^hoav 

 OV ^li'ya \lav dXka koL fidXio-ra ct)9 k^dirrixv 

 TMV Be crreXe^^wi' 7ra%09 Twy yepavBpvcov oaov 

 7repiKe(f)a\aia<i, (f)Xoib<i 8e Xeto? XevrTO? Ka7rvp6<i' 

 TO he ^vXov x^vvov koI KOixpov ^rjpavOeVy ev- 

 repLwvrjv Se e^pv pbokaKi^v, coare 8i' oXov Kal 

 KOiXaiveadai Ttt<? pd^hovq, e^ mv koX ra<i ^ukti]- 

 pLa<i TTOiovcri ra<i Kov(j)a<;. ^rjpavOev Se la^vpov 

 Kal dyi]p(i)v iav /3/oe%t;Tat, Kav y XeXoTTiafievov 

 Xoiri^erat he avTo/jbarov ^rjpaivofievov. pL^a<i he 

 eyei fierecopov; ov TroXXa<; he ovhe /xeydXa^;. 



5 (pvXXov he TO fiev Kad^ eKaarov fxaXaKov, irpo- 

 lxriKe<i ft)9 TO Trj<i TrXaTU^vXXov hd(})vr)(;, /xel^ov 

 he Kol TrXaTVTepov kol irepK^epeaTepov eK fieaov 

 Kal KdTuiOev, to S" UKpov eU o^ii /xaXXov (rvvrjKOV 

 kvkXu) S' e%of x^pay/xov to he oXov, irepl eva 

 ixicryov iraxyv Kal Ivcohrj waav kXwvlov to, fiev 

 ev6ev TO, he evOev KaTo, yovu Kal av^vyiav 7re(f>v- 

 Kacn TMV (pvXXcov hiexovra dir dXXi]Xo)v, ev he 

 i^ aKpov Tov ixiaxpv. vTrepvOpa he Ta (pvXXa 

 eVtet/cco? Kal ^aOi^a Kal crapKcohr]' (pvXXoppoel 

 he TOVTO oXov, hioirep (pvXXov dv xi? etrroc to oXov. 

 e)(pv(JL he Kal ol KXo)ve<; ol veoi <yci)VO€ihi] Tiva. 



6 TO 8' dv6o<i XevKov eK fiLKpcov XevKMV ttoXXmv 

 iirl TTJ TOV {Jbla^pv axycxei Kr]pi(ohe<;' evahiav 



^ -nepiKetpaKaias, some part of a ship's prow : so Pollux. 

 ^ Ka-Kvp6s conj. Sch.; koX irvpffSs U (?) ; koI irvpp6s V 

 ■novpos M. ^ Sc. pith. 



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