ARISTOTLE 



729 b , , . . .,,.,,, . r . 



arro rov appevos, ovr et ti aTrepx^Tai, ota tovto 



20 e/c TOVTOV ojs evvnap^^ovros to yiyvop.evov eariv, 

 aAA' COS" e/c KLviqaavTOS Kal rod eihovs, cos Kal drro 

 rrjs larpiKrjs 6 vycaadeis. avpL^aiveL 8' ofJioXoyov- 

 fieva TO) Xoyo) Kal evrt twv epycxjv. hia tovto yap 

 evia Tcxiv dppevcov /cat avvSvat,oiJ,€Vcov tols d-qXeaiv 

 ovhe fxopiov ovOev ^atVerai Trpo'Ceixeva elg to drjXv, 



25 aAAa TovvavTiov to OrjXv els to dppev, o avp-^aivet 

 evLOLS TOJv ivTOfiwv. o ydp^ tols 7Tpo'iep.evoLS dir- 

 €pyd^€Tai TO OTTeppia iv to) d-qXet, tovtols^ r) iv 

 TO) ^cpcp avTO) depfioT'qs^ Kal SvvapLis aTrepya^erat, 

 eLa(f)epovTos tov dT]X€os to B€Ktlk6v TOV TrepLTTW- 

 ju.aros' pLoptov. Kal 8td tovto to. TOiavra tojv 



30 ^wojv <JvpiTrXeK€Tai p,ev ttoXvv xpovov, ht-aXvdevTa he 

 yevva Ta^eojs. avvhehvaoTai piev ovv* pLexpi-S ov^ 

 dv avGT'^arj, ojOTrep r) yovrf- hiaXvQevTa he TrpoteTai 

 TO Kvrjpa Taxecos' yevva yap dreAe's" OKcoXriKOTOKei 

 yap ndvTa rd ToiavTa. 



MeyiaTOV Se arjpLeZov to avpL^alvov irepl tovs 

 opvidas /cat TO t&v Ixdvcov yevos rcov cootokcov 



35 tov pirjTe arro TravTOJV levaC to OTTeppia tcov pLoptiDV, 



730 a pLt^TC TTpoteaOac to dppev tolovtov ti piopiov o 



earai evvTrdpxpv tw yevvrjOevTi, dAAd piovov rfj Bv- 

 vdpLeL TTJ iv Trj yovfj ^ojoTrotetv, cooTtep etnopiev errl 



^ yap Z : yap iv vulg. ^ rovrois Z : tovto vulg. 



^ OfpfioTTjs Z : vypoTTjs vulg. 



■* /A6V oiv\ yap Z. ^ t^^XP''^ °^ f*^ * f^^XP'' vulg. 



^ hie locus baud sanus videtur ; fortasse awSeSvaarai . . . 

 Taxecos secludenda ; om. S. 



' tVvai A.-M'^., Z* : exit S : etvai. vulg, 



" See above, ch. 16. 



* Probably the words " the copulation . . . discharge the 

 fetation " should be deleted. 

 114. 



