733 b 



ARISTOTLE 



l,oj(i)v TTavra yap yevo/J^eva Xa^^dvei av^-qacu), Kal 

 yevva S-q ravra ^coa iv avroZs evdvs. ra 8e Seu- 

 5 Tepa ev avrols /xev ov yevva reXeua evOvs {^cporoKel 

 yap (hoTOKTiaavTa TTptorov), dvpat,€ Se ^ajoro/cet. 

 TO. Se ^wov jxev ov reXeiov yevva, coov Se yevva, 

 Kat TOVTO reXeLOV to coov. to. S' ert tovtwv ipv- 

 Xporepav e^ovra rrjv (f)vaiv d>6v jxev yevva ov 

 reXeiov Se coov, aAA' e^co TeXeLovrat, Kaddnep to 



10 Tcbv Xe7Ti,Sa>T(jL)v l)(dv(x)v yevos Kal to. jxaXaKooTpaKa 

 Kal TO. jxaXaKLa. to Se TrepLTTTOv yevos Kal ifjvxpo- 

 TaTov ovS' cpoTOKel e^ avTov, dXXd Kal t6^ tolovtov 

 e^co avpL^alvei irddos avTW, wanep etprjTat,- to. 

 yap evTopia OKcuX'qKOTOKeL to irpcoTov TrpoeXdcov 8' 

 wu)S7]s yiveTai 6 okcoXt]^ {tj yap ^^/aucraAAt? Ka- 



15 XovpLevrj Swa/xtv (Lov ex^t) ' etr' €k tovtov yiveTai 

 ^a)ov, ev Tj] TpiTTj p,€Ta^oXfj Xajiov to ttj^ yeveaeojs 

 TeXog. 



To, piev ovv ov yiveTai tojv t,a)cov aTTO aTreppiaTO?, 

 axTirep eXe^dr^ /cat TTpoTepov to. S evaipia TrdvTa 

 yiveTai arro aTreppuaTOS, oaa eK avvSvaapiov yi- 



20 veTai, Trpoiepievov tov dppevos ei£ to drjXv yovqv, 

 rjs elcreXdovarjs to. ^(pa avvioTaTai Kal Xapi^dvei 

 Trjv oiKeiav p.op(j)riv, to. piev ev avTOis Toig t,a>oig 

 oaa t,tpoTOKei, to. S ev (hois [Kai oTreppiaai Kal 

 ToiavTaig aAAat? aTTOKpiaeoiv].^ 



Ilepl cov eaTlv dnopia TrXeioiv, ttcos ttotc yiveTai ck 



^ TOV Bekker per typoth. err. 



* seclusit Piatt (om. 2), sed monet quaedam de plantis 

 fortasse excidisse. 



" Above, 733 a 31. 

 142 



