ARISTOTLE 



742 a KadoLTrep rives rchv (fyvaiKtov (f>aaLV. (ftavepov 8e^ 



TOVTO €7n rix)v opvidojv Kal rcov Ixdviov Kal rwv 

 evToficuv. ra p.ev yap -)(Ci}pL(jQivra ttjs yevvayarjs 

 yiverai e^ (pov, iv a> Xajx^dveL rrjv Sidpdpcocnv rd 

 8' oAo)? OVK dvaTTveZ rcov i,cpajv, OKCoXrjKOTOKeLrai Se 

 5 Kai cporoKelrai' rd 8' dvanveovra Kal iv rfj pnqrpa 

 Xafji^dvovra rrjv hidpOpcjaiv ovk dvanveL rrplv ri 6 

 TrXevjxcov Xd^rj reXos' SiapOpovrai Se Kal oSros Kal 

 ra ejJiTTpocrdev pLopia nplv dva7TV€iv. eri, 8' oaa 

 TroXvcrxiSr] rcov rerparroScov, olov kvcjv Xea)v Xvkos 

 10 aXojTTT]^ dcos, Trdvra rv^Xd yevva, Kal hilararat rd 

 ^X€(f>apov yevofievcov varepov. coare SrjXov on rdv 

 avrov rpoTTov Kal ev rotS" aAAoiS" Trdai, KaddTrep Kal 

 ro TTOLov, Kal rd rroadv yiverac Swdfiet TTpovTTdp-)(ov, 

 evepycLo. 8' varepov, vtto rdjv avrdjv aurCwv vcf) 

 OJVTTep Kal rd ttolov Stopt'^erat, Kal yiyverai Suo e^ 

 15 evos. TTvevfia 8' VTrap)(^ei,v dvayKalov, on vypdv Kat 

 depjxov, rov p.€v iroiovvros, rov 8e 7rda)(ovros . 



Td)v 8' apxcuLCov rives <f)vaioX6ycov ri p-erd ri 

 yiyverai rcov p,opiwv eTreipddrjcrav Xeyeiv, ov Xiav 

 ep-veipiKcvs e)(ovres rcov avp,^aiv6vrcov . rdJv yap 



^ Se P : yap vulg. 



" See note on 741 b 10. e.g., Hippocrates, -n. ^u'ctio? 

 naxhiov 17 (vii, 496-498 Littre) ij he. aap^ av^ojxevr] vtto tov 

 TTvevjjLaTOS apdpovrai, Kal epxerai, iv aureji eKaarov to o^jmiov cus 

 TO ofiOLOi' . . . hiapdpovrai vtto rijs TTVorjs eKaara, <^vaa)Hiva yap 

 huararaL ^vfiTrayra Kara crvyyevfLav. Cf. also ch. 19. Accord- 

 ing to this treatise the embryo both received nourishment 

 and breathed through the umbilicus (cf. chh. 13, 15). 



** Viz.', birds. " \'iz., fishes and insects. 



•* Viz., Vivipara. 

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