THEOPHRASTUS 



Trd/JLTrav ^rjpcov ra fiev yap iravovrai, ra Be 

 LCTTavrar ra Se ')(\,wpa Xlav avfjbfjbvec koI ivi^e- 

 TUi iv T0t9 ohovat TO, irpla-fiaTa Kal ifMrrXdrrei, 

 8i KOI TrapaWaTTOvaiv dX\'>]Xcov TOv<i oBovraf} 

 iva i^dyrjTai. eari Be koX Bva-rpvirrjTorepa ra 

 xlav ■)(X(op(i' ^paBeci)<i yap uva(f)epeTaL ra i/crpv- 

 TTij/xara Bia to ^apea elvar tmv Be ^rjpoov Ta;\;eo)9 

 Kal ei/Oix; 6 drjp dvaOepfxaivofievo^ dvaBiBaxn' 

 irdXiv Be ra Xiav ^rjpa Bid rrjv aKXrjpojrjra 

 BvcTTrpiaTa' KaOdirep yap ocrrpa/cov (Tvn^aivet 

 irpieiv, Bt Kal rpviroivre'^ eirt^pexovaiv. 



KvireXeKTjTOTepa Be Kal evropvoTepa Kal ev^o- 

 ooTcpa ra ')(Xa)pd' TrpoaKddrjTal re yap to ropvev- 

 Ttjpiov fjuaXXov Kal ovk diroTr-qBa. Kal 7) 7reXeK7]ai<; 

 rwv fxaXaKcorepcov pacov, Kal r) ^e(Ti<i Be ofioiu)^ Kal 

 en Xeiorepa. lcT)(yp6TaTOV Be Kal r) Kpdveia, rcov 

 Be dX\(ov oup^ TjKiaTa t) ineXea, Bt Kal rov<i 

 (TT/oo^ea?, Mairep eXe^drj, Tal<i dvpat^ TTTeXeiVof? 

 TTOLOvaiv. vyporarov Be fxeXia Kal o^vrj' Kal yap 

 ra KXivdpia ra ivBiBovTa eK rovrwv. 



VII. "OXw<i Be TTp6<i TTola rr]<i vXr]<i eKdarrj 

 ^p?;o-tyu,}/ Kal TTo'ia vavTr'>iyi](TLp,o<i Kal oIkoBo/jllki], 

 irXelaTri yap avrrj t} %/3eta Kal iv fi€yLaroi<i, 

 ireipareov elveiv, d^opi^ovTa KaB' maarov 10 

 ^(^pijaifxov. 



'EXfiTT; fiev ovv Kal irevKri Kal KeBpo<; ft)9 aTrXw? 



^ -iravovrai can hardly be right : Plin. I.e. seems to have 

 had a fuller text. 



^ ifiirKaTTet : cf. de Sens. 66. 



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