752 a 



ARISTOTLE 



KLvrjOLv 7) TTjv cv Tot? choL? SiaKpiGLv, woTTep iv ivl 



coco, {ovrciiY Kac ro €k vavrd^v twv chcbv avarrjfjia 



TO fxev ioxpov iv jxeaco yiverai, kvkXco 8e ro XevKov. 



AtoTi ixev ovv TO. fi€V piovoxpoa ra he hC^^poa rajv 



10 (hwv, etprjTaL' 



11 ATTOKpiveraL S' ev rots cooig rj rov appevos o.p)(r] 

 KaO' o 7Tpoa7Te(f)VKe rfj vcrrepci ro coov, Kal yiverai 

 S-r) avopboiov ro ra)V Si)(^p6cov cocov, Kal ov Tra/XTrav 

 arpoyyvXov dXX eirl ddrepa o^vrepov, 8ta ro 

 Sia(f)€p€iv Selv^ (j^y rov XevKov iv a> e;^et rrjv 

 dpxT]v. StoTrep aKXrjporepov ravrrj ro cvov r) 



15 Karcodev cr/ceTra^eiv yap Set /cat (f)vXdrr€LV rrjv 

 dp)(r]v. Kal Sta rovro i^epx^rai varepov rov (hov 

 ro o^v' ro yap TTpoorrecfiVKog varepov i^ep^erai, 

 Kara rr)v dpx^v 8e 7Tpoa7Te(f)VKev, iv rco o^el 8' rj 

 dpxi^- Tov avrov 8' e;^et rpoTTov Kal iv rot? rcov 

 (j>vra>v aTTepjxaaLV 7Tpoa7re(f)VKe yap r) dp^rj rov 



20 arrepixaro's rd p,ev iv rot? /cActSots", ra 8' iv rots 

 KeXv(j>eai, rd 8 iv rol? TrepiKapTT Col's. hriXov 8' inl 

 rcbv xehpoTTcbv f] yap avvrJTrraL ro hidvpov rcov 

 Kvdfxcov Kal ra)V roLovrcov cnrepudrcov, ravrrj 

 TTpocnrecfiVKev rj 8' dp^^rj ivravda rov OTreppLaro?. 

 ^ATToprjaeie 8' dv rt? irepl rrjs av^Tjaeco's rcov 



25 cpcijv, riva rporrov €k rrjs varepas crujU-jSatVet. rd 

 fxev ydp C^a 8id rov ofjicfiaXov Xafi^dvei rrjv rpo- 



^ (ovTco) Rackham. * Seiv del SY. ' {to} Peck. 



'" Of. H.A. 560 a 30 ff. 



" Cf. 767 b 17 ff. et passim. 



" That is, the " big " end, which is the first to leave the hen 

 when laid. Piatt remarks that Aristotle must have been a 

 " little-endian," for the germ always floats up to the top 

 whichever way the egg is placed. 



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