726 b 



ARISTOTLE 



(jcofia rod aTripjxarog iari ro aiTtov rrjs yeveaeoj?, 

 t) e^et TLva e^LV Kal apx^jv Ktv-^aeojs yevvrjrcKi^v)' 

 ouSe yap rj X^'-P o^^S' a'AAo rcbv pLopicvv ovhev dv€V 

 i/jvx'^S^ ■^ (xAAt^? tlvos Swdfjiecos eon X^''P o^Se 

 fxopiov ovdev, dXXa jjiovov ofiiovvfjiov. 



25 \^av€p6v Se Kal on oaois avvrrj^Lg yiverai airep- 

 fianKT], Kal tovto TrepirTCopid ianv. avpi^aivei, 

 8e Tovro orav dvaXvrjraL els to TrpoeXdov,^ (Zanep 

 orav drroTTearj ro evaXeii^dev* rod Kovidpuarog evdvs' 

 ravrov yap eon, ro dneXdov rep Trpcorw irpoa- 

 reOevn. rov avrov rporrov Kal ro reXevralov 7re- 

 pirrcx) pia ra> Trpcoro) avvrriyp.an ravrov eanv.^ Kal 



30 TTepl pL€v rovrcov Sicoplada) rov rpoirov toutov.] 



'Evret 8' dvayKaZov Kal rep dadevearepco yiyve- 

 adai TTepirroipLa TrXelov Kal rjrrov venepLpievov, 

 rQLOvrov S' ov dvayKalov etvat atpuarcoSovs vypo- 

 rrjros ttXtjOos, daOeviarepov Se to eXdrrovos 



^ tjjvxiKijs PSY. 



2 w. 24-80 secluserunt A.-W., Sus., t^latt. 



^ npoeXdov Z, irpoaeXdov vulg. : in primo dissolvitur S, qui 

 et valde diversa hie habet. 



* evaTToXeL(f>6ev YZ : confer to irpoacXBov . . . vrroXii^dlvrt 

 supra, vv. 14, 15. 



^ eoTL TO aTT€XQ6v . . . ravrov eariv] eon ro TeXeirraiov 

 {reXevTaiov om. P) TrepiTTCoiMa tw npwTU) TTepiTTCufiari PSY. 



" e$LS. See definition in Met. 1022 b 4 : oiov evepyeid tis 

 Tov exovTos Kal exofxevov, ojaTrep npci^is tij t) Kivrjais' orav yap 

 TO jxev -rroifj ro be rrofrirai, ecrri rrolrjais fj^era^v. 



" See Introd. §§ 41 ff. 



" Aristotle often repeats this in the Generation of Animals 

 and the Parts of Animals; see also Met. 1035 b 24. For 

 ofjicovvfiov, cf. Cat. 1 a 1 oijujjvvfia Xeyerai Sv ovofia fiovov 



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