750 b 



ARISTOTLE 



7tA€l(vv, tols S' eXoLTTCov, Tols §€ ToaavTT) TO TrXrjdog 



ware oaov ye ctt tarj naive lv. ofioicog S' ovBe rolg 



Lxdvai, Kaddnep^ tols opvLcnv Sto Kal tovtol? 



10 ytveraL fiev dvev 6-)(^eias crvaracns KvqixaTcov, 



[ofXOLCOS Kal TOLS 6pVLaLV,Y TjTTOV 8' e7ri§7jAcDS" 



ijjvxpoTepa yap rj t^vatg avTwv. rj 8e yLVOpLevq tols 



tyWOTOKOLS OLTTOKpLOLS TCOV KaTapLTjVLCOV OVVLOTaTaL 

 Tots OpVLGL KaTO. TOVS LKVOVpueVOVS ;)^pdvOU? TOV 



TTepLTTwpiaros, Kai 8ia to tov tottov etvai depp,6v 

 15 T,ov rrpos ro) 8ta^CL>/xaTt TeXeLovTai toIs p,eyedeaLv, 

 TTpos Se TTiv yeveaiv oLTeXrj Kal Taxrra Kal to, twv 

 L)(dvojv ofJLOLiJos avev ttjs tov dppevos yovrjs' rj 8' 

 aLTia TOVTCov elprjTaL TrpoTepov. ov ytVerat 8e to. 

 vrnqvep-La tols ttttjtlkoIs twv opvidcov 8ia. ttjv 

 avTTjv aLTLav 8t' rjVTrep ovhe TToXvTOKeZ to. ToiavTa^' 

 TOLS yap yapiipcovv^LV oXiyov to TTepLTTwpia, Kal 

 20 TTpoaheovTaL tov dppevos Trpos ttjv oppbrjv ttjs tov 

 TTepLTTWfiaTOS^ eKKpiaeoiS. TrAeicu 8e to, VTrrjve/JLLa 

 yiveraL twv yovipLwv a>a)v/ eXaTTW 8e to fxeyedos 

 8id puiav aLTLav Kal Tr]V avTiqv 8ta jiev yap to 

 aTeXr] elvaL eXaTTW to pueyedos, 8ia 8e to to p,eye- 

 25 60s eXaTTOV rrXelw tov dpiOp^ov. Kal tjttov 8e r]hea 

 Sta TO drreTTTOTepa eivaL' ev Traon yap to TreTre^- 

 pievov yXvKVTepov. 



"Otl pLev ovv ovTe rd twv dpvldwv ovTe Ta tcov 



^ fort. <ouS€> supplendum. 



* seel. A.-W. : ofioiios cm. S, opviaiv om. Z. 

 ^ hie lacunam statuit Piatt. 



* TTtpLTTcoixaTos PS^'S, A.-W., Piatt : anepfxaTos vulg. 



* yovipnov cl>(uv A.-W., ovis convenientibns generationi 2 : 

 yovM yiyvo/xeVojv Z*, vulg. : yovwv yiy. PSY. 



" i.e., to mark that it belongs to a class which exhibits the 

 272 



