ARISTOTLE 



756 b 



aTTepfxa hia rrj? KotAi'a? Trerrovar]? del to iyyivo- 



fjLcvov, KadaTTep ttjv Tpo(f}-qv, droTTOv. varepa? 8' 



30 ep^ouai /cat ravra ra opvea, Kal wa (f)aLV€raL Txpos 



Tols v7Tol,(x)fxaaLV. Kal rj yaXrj, KadaTTep rdXXa 



rerpdiToha, tov avrov rpoTTov €)(€i e/ceiVots" Tag 



varepas- e^ cSv els to aropia tttj ^ahielrai ro 



epi^pvov; dXkd Sta to TtKTeiv TrapbiTav puiKpa ttjv 



ya\7]V, KadaTTep Kal rdAAa to. a;^t^d7ro8a, TTepl cSi' 



757 a vcTTepov epovpiev, tco 8e OTopiaTi ttoXXo-kls /xera- 



cf)epetv Tovs" veoTTovg, TavTTjv TTeTToirjKe ttjv 86^av. 



^vr]6tKcbg Se Kal Atav 8t,eiftevapi€VOL Kal ol TTepl 



Tpoxov Kal vatvrjs XeyovTes. (f)aal yap ttjv pbev 



vaLvav TToXXoi, tov 8e Tpoxov YipoScopos 6 Hpa- 



5 KXewTT]?, 8uo alSola e)(eiv, dppevos Kal OiqXeoSy Kal 



TOV piev Tpoxov avTov avTov ox^veiv, ttjv 8' ti'aip'av 



ox^veiv Kal ox^veadai Trap* eTos. coTrrat yap rj 



uati^a ev exovaa alholov ev eviois yap tottois" ov 



arrdvLS ttjs deoipiag- aAA' exovcriv at vaivai vtto 



TTjv KepKov opLoiav ypapbprjv tco tov d-qXeos alBoio). 



10 exovai piev ovv Kal ol dppeveg Kal at dr^Xeiai to 



TOtovTov crqpLelov, aAA' aAtWovrai ol dppeves /xdA- 



XoV 8t6 TOt? €K TTapoSoV deCOpOVOL TaVTTjV eTTOLTjae 



TTjV ho^av. 



« In Bk. IV. 



* This animal cannot be identified. It must be distin- 

 guished from the genus now called Trochus, which are shell- 

 fish. No species of mammal is normally hermaphrodite. 



" See also H.A. 579 b 15 ff. 



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