THEOPHRASTUS 



<^ucre(W<? Tt TOLOVTOv etc 'yap tmv ^XaaroiV d(f)lr}aiv 

 ael pi^a<i ava fxecrov tmv (pvWcov, alcnrep ivSveTat 

 Tot? BivBpoi<i KoX T0t9 'Tei,')(loL<; olov i^e7riT7]B€<; 

 Tre7roir]fMevat<; vtto tt}? (f)var€co<;' Bt o /cat e^atpov- 

 fievo<; rr)v vypoTTjra koX eXKwv d(f)avaiv€c, koL eav 

 diroKOTrfi /cdrcodev Svvarat Bia/xeveiv koX i^rjv. 

 €%€t he Kol erepav Siacfiopdv Kara tov Kapirov ov 

 fiiKpdv 6 fiev <ydp i7rLy\vKv<; icTTcv o Se acpoBpa 

 7riKpo<i Kot TOV \evKov Kol TOV fxeXavo'^' aTjfieiov 

 8' ore TOV /jb€v ecrOlovcTLV ol opvi06<; tov 8' ov. 

 TO, fiev ovv irepl tov klttov oi/t(W9 e%ef . 



'H Be aplXd^ iaTL jxev eTraWoKavXov, 6 Be 

 Kav\o<i dKavOooBrj^i koI oiCTTrep 6p6dKav9o<i, to 

 Be (f)v\\ov /ciTTwSe? p^iKpov dycoviov, kuto, tt]v 

 fjbia'X^ov 7rp6(r(f)variv TvX'qpov. iBiov S* OTi ttjv re 

 Bid fjueaov TavTijv cjairep pd^i-v XeiTTijv e%ei 

 Kol ra? aT7]/xoviov<i BiaXi]ylr€t<; ovk diro TavTi}^, 

 MtTirep Tu Toov dXXwv, dXXd irepl avTrjv 7repi(f)epei<; 

 rjyjxeva'i diro t?79 '7rpoa(f)va€co<i tov [xl(X)(0V t« 

 (fivXXa). irapd Be tov KavXov Ta yovuTU kol 

 vapd Ttt'i BiaX€i'\lrei<; ra? (fivXXiKUf; etc twv uvtoov 

 p,icr')((ov TOi<? (pvXXof; 7rapa7re(})VKev iovXo<i Xcttto? 

 Kol eXt/CTo?* dvdo<; Be XevKov koI evcoBe<; Xeipivov 



1 (Tn7\a^: ?/irXa| W. c/. 1. 10. 5; Plin. 16. 153-155. 



2 iiraWSKavKov conj. Sch. ; inavASKavXov V. cf. 3. 18. 10. 

 ' icavAhs conj. R. Const.; Kapnhs UMVAld. 



* rv\7]p6v conj. W. ; voTr)p6v Ald.U (corrected). 



* TowTijc: cf. rh ev\aKwSf^ tovto, 3. 7. 3. Is the pronoun 



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