THEOPHRASTUS 



ov Br) KaXovcTL TiV€<i Kopv^^iav, ol S' WdijVTjcnv 

 ^AxcipviKov. 6 Be iXaTTOiv SiaK€)(Vfievo<; coairep 

 Kol 6 fxeXa<i' e^ei Be Koi 6 fie\a<i Bia(f)opa'i dW 

 ov^ 6/xota)9 <f>av€pd<;. 



7 'H Be eXi^ ip /jLeyio-rai.'i Bia(popal<i' koX yap 

 roU (f)v\\oi<; irXelarov Bia(^epet rfj re fiLKporrjri 

 KOL Tw ycovoeiBr] koI evpvOfxorepa elvar to, Be rov 

 KiTTOv 7repi(f)epecrTepa koI dirXa,' koX rw pirjKei 

 TOiv KXr]/jbdro)v koI ert t&) aKapiro'^ elvai. Bia- 

 reivovrai yap Tcve<i tS> fii] aTroKtrrovcrdat, rfj 

 ^vcrec Tr)v eXiKU dXXa rr]V e/c rov kittov reXeiou- 

 fxevrjv. (el Be iraaa diroKLTTOvrai, Kaddrrep Tive^ 

 (paaiv, r)XiKCa<; dv etrj koI Bia6eae(ii<; ovk etSou? 

 Bia(popd, KaOdnep koI t?}? drrrlov trpo^ ttjv 

 uxpdBa.) ttXtjv to <ye ^vXXov Koi ravTri^ ttoXv 

 Bia(j)epei Trpo? rov kljtov. cnrdviov Be tovto koI 



. ev 6XiyoL<i earlv wcrre TraXaLOVfievov ixera^dXXeiv, 



8 wcnrep iirl rrj<i XeuKr]<i koi tov Kp6rcovo<;. ciBt] 

 S' icrrl TtXeiui t7]<; eXi/co'i, <W9 p-ev ra Trpocpave- 

 (TTara koI pAyiara Xa^elv rpia, rj re j^Xoepd koI 

 7roi(oBr]<; rjirep Kal TTXelarri, /cat erepa i) Xev/cij, kol 

 rpLTr) 7] TTOCKiXr}, tjv Brj KaXovai Tive<i ^paKcav. 



1 cf. Theocr. 11. 46. * Plin. 16. 145 foil. 



' i.e. is the most ' distinct ' of the ivies. 



^ c/. 1. 10. 1 ; Diosc. 2. 179. 



^ i.e. as an explanation of the barrenness of helix. 



* i.e. and so becomes fertile. 



■^ SiaTehovrai : cf. G.P. 4. 6. 1. Star, r^ . . . apparently 

 = " insist on the view that," . . . but the dative is strange. 

 The sentence, which is highly elliptical, is freely emended bj' 

 most editors. 



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