THEOPHRASTUS 'O Be
10
(j)OLVL^ icTTL fjuev irovTiov ^pa')(V(TTee')(e<i
he acfyoSpUf kol a'X^eSov evOelau ai
e/ccf^vcrecf;
tcov
KOI /cdrcoOev ov kv/cXg) avrai, KaOdirep
f)d/3Scov'
dW
ooaav ev irXdrei TMV pd^Scov al dfcpejJLOve^;, Kara fjbiav avve')(6l<;, 6tya')(^ov Be fcal diraXXdrrovaat. tmv Be pd/SBcov ^ tmv diroc^vaewv TOVTcov ofJioia Tpoirov tlvcl rj cj^vatf; tol<; t&v dfcavOoyv <^vWoi<^ tmv aKaviKMV, olov aoyicoi^
KoX TOi? TotovTOL^y
irXrjv
opdal
oXov
vtto tt}?
rjKeiv rov /xecrov
to Be
irapairXrjGia,
ou;;,
(pvWov
to
e/c€iva, irepLfcefcXaa/jLevai /cal
Bca/Se^pcofievov
/cal
dXjjurjf;'
eirel
je KavXov kol 'X^pM/Jua
/cal
coaTrep
e)(ovaaL
to ye dXXr)
rj
tovtcov
Be
oyjrL^;
/cal TOdV
KavXayp /cal oXov rod (fyvrov e^epvOpov re a^oBpa Kal (pOtVLKOVP. Kal ra puev ev rfjBe rfj OaXdrrrj Toaavrd earcv, rj
rydp (TTToyyia /cal al dirXvaiai KaXovjievai Kal
el TL
TOiovTov erepav e%ei
VII. ^Ev Be TO
rfj e^co ttj irepl
irpdaov,
re
(f^vatv.
^Hpa/cXeov<; (TTrjXa<;
Mairep €ipr]Tai, cpverai
dTToXidovfiepa ravra, olov Ovfia /cal
rd dXXa,
^KpajSia
t^9 Be epv6pd<;
fiL/cpov
eirdvo)
/cal
rd
/cal
BacpvoeiBrj
/caXovjUbevr]<;
Kotttou ev
ra
jxev
ev rfj rfj
yr)
^ KOLTcodev airaWaTTova-ai probably beyond certain restoration I have added koI before Karwdei^ (from G), altered KVKXcoBep to kvkXco, put a stop before koI KarooOev, and restored ^ cf. 6. 4. 8 ; 7. 8. 3. cLTraXXoLTTova-ai (Ald.H.). ^ 'irepiK€KKa(riJ.4pa, i.e. towards the ground, cf. Diosc. 3. .
.
,
68 and 69, where Plin.
ad
t
err am infracta.
(27. 13)
renders {(pvWa) v-noir^pLKXarai
