THEOPHRASTUS 



9 TavTa fjLev ovv thia t% eKaTrj^;, ra 8e Koiva Kal 

 7revKi]<i Kal iXdTr]<i Kal rwv aWoov. eari yap 97 

 fjuev Terpd^oo<; rj 8e 8l^oo<;. KaXovcri Be reTpa^oovfi 

 fxev 6aai<i e'^' eKcirepa Trj<i ivrepi,(ovr]<; hvo kt)]- 

 S6v€<; elalv evavriav e'x^ovcraL rrjv (pvaiv eireira 

 Kad^ cKarepav ttjv KTqhova TToiovvTac ttjv TreXi- 

 KTjcnv evavriav ra'i 77X777^9 Kara KrrjSova cpepov- 

 T€9, OTav e^' eKarepa tt}? ivrept-covti'i rj TreXeKija-i'i 

 dvaaTpecprj. tovto yap e^ dvdyKT]<i av/x^aivei 

 Bia TTJV (f)vaLV TOiv KTrjhovwv. Ta<i he Toiaina<; 

 i\dra<i Kal irevKaf; rerpa^oovi KaXovai. elcrl Se 

 Kal TT/oo? ra? epyacria'i avjai KaXXiaTar ttvkvo- 

 rara yap exovai ra ^vXa Kal ra? alyiha^ avrai 



10 (pvovcrtv. at hi^ooi 8e KTrjSova fiev e-xpvcn fxiav 

 e<^' eKarepa rr]<; evrepi(i)V'>]<;, ravTa<; Be evavrla<; 

 dWrjXac^, ware Kal rrjv TreXeKrjcnv elvat SiirXrjv, 

 fiiav Kad^ eKarepav KrrjBova rat? 7rXr]yat<i evav- 

 riat<i' diraXwrara [xev ovv ravrd cf)aaiv e^^iv 

 rd ^vXa, -^eipiara Be tt/jo? ra? epyaaia';' Bia- 

 arpecperai yap pbdXiara. puovo^oovi Be KaXovat 

 Ta9 eyovaa<i piav p,6vov KrrjBova' rrjV Be rreXe- 

 KTjaiv avrwv yiveaOai rr)v avrrjv e^' eKarepa 

 rr]<i evrepiQ)vr]'i' ^aa-l Be p.av6rara fiev e^^iv rfj 

 (pvcret rd ^vXa ravra Trpo? Be rd<i Bia(jrpo(f)d<i 

 dcr(f)dXearara. 



11 Aca(f)opd<i Be e-xpvcn roL<i (f)Xoioi<;, Kaff" a? 

 yvo) pi^ovaiv lB6vre<i evdix; rb BevBpov irecpVKo^ 



' Plin. I.e. 



^ The meaning of ' four-cleft ' etc. seems to be this : 



(X)^-C/eFf- (S^2-C/eFt- (T^f -Cleft. 

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