THEOPHRASTUS 



'X^povaTepa Se ra iXdriva yiverai Kara rov 

 rrpSirov XoTTrjrov. 



2 'Evret Be fiaXicrT rj fiovov irepiaipovcn tov 

 ^\oLov iXdTr]<i vevKtj'i tt/ti/o?, ravra jxev Tefxverat, 

 TOV rjpo'i' Tore 'yap rj ^7uiaTr)cn<;- ra Se dWa ore 

 fiev fierd irvporopilav, ore Be fiera rpvyrjTov /cal 

 ^ApKTovpov, olov dpla irreXea cr(f)evBap,vo<i p,e\ia 

 i^vyia o^va (ptkvpa 077709 re koX oKw<i oaa 

 KaTopvTTerat' Bpv<; Be oyjnaiTaTa Kara ')(eip.Mva 

 /lerd TO p-eruTToypov' edv Be viro tov Xottijtov 

 rp.ijOfj, arjirerai To.'^^tcrTa w? eiirelv, eav re efi- 

 (fiXoio<i edv re dcfiXoiOf}' koI p,dXiaTa fiev ra ev 

 tS> 7rp(OT(p XoTTT^Tw, BcvTepu Be Tci ev r& BevTepw, 

 Tp'iTa Be Koi rjKLCTTa ra ev tw TpiTM' to. Be 

 /jberd TTji' ireTravcnv twv Kapiroiv d^pwTa Biap,evei, 

 KCLV dXoTTiaTa fj' rrXrjv virb rov (pXoibv viroBvo- 

 pbevoi (TKtoXrjKe'i eViTToX?}? eyypdcjiovai to c7TeXe;\;o<?, 

 049 Kal o-<^pa<yl(TL '^(^pMVTai Tive<i' oopalov Be Tp^r}- 

 dev TO Bpvivov acra7re9 xe koi dd piTrtiBecrTaTOV 

 <yiveTai Kal aKXrjpov Kal ttvkvov warrep Kepaf 

 TTav yap op,ot6v eariv eyKapBiat' TrXrjv to <ye t>}9 

 dXi(f)XoLOv Kal TOTe (pavXov. 



3 Xvp,^a[vet Be Kal tovto vTrevavTcov, OTav re 

 Kara ti-jv ^XdcTTTjaiv Tep,vo)VTac Kal OTav p,eTd 

 TOv<i Kapirom. Tore p,ev yap dva^rjpalveTai Ta 

 aTeXexv '^^'' ^^ ^Xaardvet Ta BevBpa' /iera Be 

 Toi'9 Kap7rov<i TTapa^Xaa-jdvei. Bvarop^coTepa Be 



1 c/. 3. 5. 1. 2 ^ add. Sch. 



^ (priySs T€ conj. Seal.; TrriySs re \J ; (prjyia-iv 1 e Y ; -irriyontv 

 T6 MAld. 



5. 7. 5 

 4 



KaTopvTTfrat conj. Sch. from G ; dpiiTTerai Aid. c/. 5. 4. 3; 



