THEOPHRASTUS 



yStwrara? elvai tS) fir} ^veip €Tepa<; aX>C i^ avTMv 

 ael avvavaTrXrjpovadat, <ye\olov av i(T(o<; Bokolij roi- 

 avTT) avyKpiat<; iav <firj> fievr) to <rTeX6^o<i' avrtj 

 yap olov VTTodeaL'i Koi cf)vcn<i SivSpcov. tovto fiev 

 otv OTroTepoi^i iroTe XeKreov ovdev av SieviyKai 



6 7r/309 TO, vvv. Tci^^a S' av etr) jxaKpo^ loot arov to 

 nrdvTW^ hwafxevov avTapKetv, oxxvep rj iXda Kal 

 T& crreXe^ei Kal Ty irapa^XacrTrjaeL koI tw 

 Bv(TQ)\€0pov<; €'X,etv Ta<i p[i^a<;. BoKet Be 6 ^i,o<; 

 T^9 ye fiid<i elvai, KaO^ ov to o-T6Xe%09 Bet ttjv 

 apxhv TiOevTa fieTpov avafieTpetv tov xpovov, 

 fidXiaTa Trepl eTrj BiaKoata. el S' oirep eirl t(ov 

 d/jL7reXct)v Xeyovat Ttve<i, &)? Trapatpov/jievwv tmv 

 pi^MV KaTa /jbepo<; BvvaTai Bia/xevetv to crxeXe^j^o?, 

 Kal rj 6\r] (f)v(n<i o/xola Kal 6p,oio(f)6po<; oiroaovovv 

 'X^povov, /iiaKpo/3iooTaTov dv eir) TrdvTcov. ^aal Be 

 Beiv ovTco TToietv OTav rfBrj BoKrj KaTacfiepeo-dar 

 KXrjfiaTd re eiri^dWeiv Kal Kapirovcrdai tov 

 iviavTov fieTa Be TavTa KaTaaKd'\lravTa eVt 

 OaTepa TT]<i d/inre\ov TrepiKaddpai Tracra? ra? 

 pi^a<i, eW efXTrXrjaaL <^pvydvoiv Kal eTrafMTjcraadai 



6 Tr)v yrjv tovtw fiev ovv tw eVei KaKib<i (pepeiv 

 cr(})6Bpa, TO) B' vaTepw ^eXriov, tw Be TpiTW Kal 



^ «! ahrwv Aid., SC. toiv ^iCa>v ; eie tS>v avrwp conj. W. 



2 i.e. such an argument practically assumes the permanence 

 of the trunk, which in the case of the vine can hardly be 

 considered apart from the root. SoKoln roiavrri crvyKpiais I 

 conj. from G ; SiKaioTdrri avyKpiais MVAld. ; SiKaioTdrrit 

 avyKpiffeis U ; SoKoit] elvat i] ffvyKpitris conj. Sch. ; so W. in 

 his earlier edition : in his later editions he emends wildly. 



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