720 b 



ARISTOTLE 



Aoyot?]/ €^66 8' 7] drjXeia fxev varepiKov yiopiov 

 (pavepios ^v eKaarcp rovrcvv ra>v t^cpcov (hov yap 

 tcr;^ei to pbev Trpcorov dStopiarov, erreLra StaKpi- 

 vofjLevov yiverai ttoXXo., /cat dTTortKrec eKaarov 

 rovTOJv areXe?, KadaTrep /cat ol (poTOKovvres rajv 



25 LX^vaJv. 6 Se TTopos 6 avTos rod 7TepLTTa>[iaTos 

 /cat Tov varepLKov piopiov /cat roZs /xaAa/coarpa/cois' 

 /cat TouTots" [eCTTt yap fj tov dopov d(f)LrjaL Sta tov^ 

 TTopov'Y TOVTO* S' earlv iv rols virrioi? rod crcu- 

 fiaros, fj TO KeXvcjios d(f)€arT]Ke /cat t^ ddXarra 

 eio'epx^Tai. 8i6 6 ouvSuao/.tos" Kara tovto yLverai 



30 TO) appevL irpo's riqv drjXeiav ^vayKatov yap, etnip 

 a<jn,'qai rC" 6 dpprjv etVe anepfia etVe puopiov etVe 

 dXXrjv Tim 8wa/xtv, /caTO. toi' varepiKov iropov 

 TTXriaidt^eiv. tj 8e t^? TrXeKTdvrjs rod dppevo^ Sta 

 Toy avXov Stecrt? eTri TtDv TroAuTrdSo)!^, fj (f)acrlv 

 6x^V€LV TrXeKravT) ol aAtet?, avp^TrXoKris X'^P''^ eariv, 



35 dAA' ovx (^9 opydvov p^pT^CTt/xou rrpos rrjv yeveatv 

 e^aj yap can rod TTopov /cat rod awfxaros. 



1 om. PZ, seel. A.-W. • 

 * TO Bekker per typothetae errorem. 

 ^ seclusi. * TOVTO Peck, raura vulg. 



^ Ti PZ : om. vule:. 



» 684 a 15, 685 a 1. f- C/. 718 b 11. 



" Cf. P. A. 684 a 17 if. 



■^ See Introd. § 18. " Part " does not necessarily imply 

 a limb, and the fact that it is mentioned here between 

 semen and dynamis suggests that " limb " is not the mean- 

 ing here [cf. P. A. 648 a 2, where blood is described as a 

 "part"). All the same, Aristotle may here be intending to 

 use " part " in the sense of limb, for in three genera of the 

 Octopoda the hectocotylized arm (see note below, on 1. 32) 

 becomes detached from the male and remains within the 



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