THEOPHRASTUS 



KoXovat 8e ol reKrove<; to airo rov (pvWov to 

 dvco' ivapfioaOevTa yap aX\,-)]Xoi<i etcaTepov Koa- 

 \vei 7rpo<; Trjv 6pp.r)V evavTiw<i e')(^ov. el 8e e/ceiTO 

 KUTa (pvaiv, ovirep rj poirtj ivTavda ttcivtcov av 

 rjV rj (f)opd. 



Td<i 8e 6vpa<i OVK €vdv<i avvreXovaiv, dWd 

 rrrj^avTe'i e^caTaai, Kaire^Ta vcTTepw ol he t« 

 TpiT(o eVet (TVveTekecrav eav ixdWov cnrovhd^wat' 

 Tov fiep yap Oepov<; dva^rjpaipopevcov hita-ravTai, 

 Tov Be ')(€ip,a)i'o^ crvp^fJLVovaiv. aiTiov S' oti Ti]<; 

 eXciTTTi TO, p,avd koI aapKOiSr) eX/cet tov depa 



eVLKpLOV OVTa. 



'O he (polia^ Kov^o<i Koi evepyo<i Koi p,a\aK6<;, 

 oiarrep 6 (f)eW6<i, ^eXTLcov he tov (fieXKov oti yXl- 

 <TXpo<i' eKetvo he dpavaTov. hid tovto Ta e'lhoyXa 

 vvv €K TOV tS)v (f)oivcK(i)v TTOLOvai, TOV he (peXXov 

 TraprJKaat. ra? lva<i he ov hi oXov e^^L ovS* eVi 

 TToXv Koi /jLaKpd<i ovh^ dxravTco^ Trj Oeaei iyKei- 

 p,eva<i Trdawi dXXd TravTohairoi'i. dva^rjpaiveTai 

 he KoX Xeatvop^evov Kol irpiopievov to ^vXov. 



To he dvov, ol he dvav KaXuvai, Trap "Afipwvl 

 T6 yiveTai koX ev Trj Kvpiivala, ttjv jxev p,op(^7]v 



OflOLOV KVKapiTTUy Kol TOL<i KXdhoi<; Kol T0l<{ (jjvX- 



Xoi<i KoX tS) aTeXe'xet, koi tw KapTTU), pudXXov S' 

 wdTrep KV7rdpiTTo<{ dypta' ttoXv p,ev koX ottov 



' KtAj\vei : Sell, adds ddrepov from G. 

 ^ ejcetTo conj. W. ; sksivo Aid, 



* i.e. the 'upper' wood in the upper position. 



* ■Ko.vrwv MSS. (?) ; iravTus conj. W. 



* i.e. there would be no resistance, ■//v after av add. Sch. 



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