ARISTOTLE 



732 a 



ijiavras elrreiVy ra evai/jLa jMet'^o) roJv dvatfjicov kcl 

 Ttt TTopevTiKa Twv [xovificov Kiocov dnep Trpoterat'- 

 CTTTepfia Sta ttjv Oepixorrjra /cat to fjLeyedos.] 



Kat TTcpl fiev dppevos Kal d-qXeo^, hi fjv atrlav 



25 ioTLV eKarepov, etp-qrai. 



TcDv 8e ^wojv rd fxev reXeaiovpyel Kal eKTrefx- 

 TT€L dvpat,e ofJLOLOv iavrw, olov oaa t^cporoKel ets 

 rovpi^aves , rd Se dhidpdpcoTov eKTiKrei Kal ovk dn- 

 €iXr](f)os rrjv avrov piop(f)T]V. rdjv Se rotovTCOv rd 

 pi€v eVat/Lta cporoKei, rd S' avat/xa (^rj cporoKet 7})^ 

 aKcoXrjKoroKel. 8iacf)epeL S coov Kal okcLXt]^- (hdv 



30 /x€v yap ianv i^ ov yiverai rd yLvop-evov e'/c 

 puepovs, ro 8e Xolttov iari rpocjyrj ra> yivopLevcv, 

 okcjoXt)^ S' e^ ov rd yivop-evov oXov oXov yiverat. 

 rd)V 8e els rd (jyavepdv dpLOiov aTToreXovvrcov ^coov 

 Kal t^cporoKovvrcov rd puev evdvs ev avrols ^(po- 

 roK€L, olov dvdpcjoTTog Kal lttttos Kal ^ovs Kal rcov 



35 daXarrliOV 8e* SeA^t? /cat raAAa rd roiavra, rd 



732 b 8' ev avroLs (horoKrjaavra rrpaJrov ovrco ^ojoro/cet 



6vpal,€, olov rd aeXdxrj KaXovp.eva. rdJv 8' oio- 



roKovvriov rd pikv reXeiov TTpoterat rd ipov, olov 



dpvtdes Kal oaa rerpdiroha cporoKcl Kal oaa aTToSa, 



olov aavpai /cat ;;^eAajvat /cat rwv 6(f>ea>v rd rrXeiarov 



5 yevos {rd ydp rovrivv (Ld orav e^eXdrj, ou/cert 



AajLtjSavei av^rjaiv), rd 8' dreXri, olov ol r' l)(dv€S 



1 Piatt. 2 g^ oj„ psY. 



" See Introd. §§ 74 ff. 



" Cf. 752 a 27, 758 b 10 fF., and H.A. 489 b 6 ff. The 

 distinction which Aristotle makes here is that between the 

 utilization of yolk as the raw material of embryonic develop- 



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