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ARISTOTLE 



15 epyaacav) , /cat ipydnhe? ws Kal reKva rpecfiovaai 

 Kai irarepas^ opuoXoyovpievov S' earl /cat to irr- 

 aKoXovdetv tols ^aaiXevui ra> rrjv ylveaiv eK rov- 



TOJV €LVaL TTjV Tcbv peXlTTcbv (ft yap pLTjdeV TOLOVTOV 



VTTrjpx^v, ovK elxe Xoyov ra uvpi^aivovTa rrepl rrjv 

 rjyepioviav avTOJv), Kal to tovs p€v idv p-qOkv ip- 



20 ya^opLevovs to? yovclg, tovs Be KTq^rjvas KoXd^etv ojs 

 reKva' /caAAiov yap to. TeKva KoXd(,€tv Kal a)v pirjdev 

 eoTLV epyov. to 8e Tas /.ieAirras' yevvdv iroXXds 

 avTovs ovrag oXtyovs Tovg rjy€p,6vag TrapaTrXiqaLov 

 €oiK€ avpL^aivetv ttj yevlaei ttj tcov XeovTcov, at 

 TO TTpoJTOV 7T€VT€ yevvT]aavT€S vcTTepov eXdTTOJ yev- 



25 vwoL Kal Te'Aos" eV, etr ovhev. ol S' rjyepioves to 

 juev TrpoJTOv nXijOog, varepov 8' oAtyous" avTovs, 

 KaKeivcov^ p,€V iXdrrco tov yovov, avTcov S' inel 

 Tov TrAry^ou? d^etAe, t6^ piiyedos avToZs^ direScoKev 

 T] (f>vats.^ 



'E/<r p.€v ovv TOV Xoyov Ta Trepl ttjv yeveaiv rwv 



p^eXlTTcbv TOVTOV €X€tV (f)ai.V€Tai, TOV TpOTTOV, Kal 



30 eK TCOV avp^aiveiv Sokovvtojv rrepl avrds' ov p,rjv 

 e'iXrjTTTai ye Ta uvpi^aivovTa tKavo)?, aAA' edv rroTe 

 Xrjcfidfj, Tore tjj aladiqaeL p^dXXov twv Xoycov Tnarev- 



^ monent corrupta esse A.-W. : pro npos ttjv . . . 

 varepas creationi pullorum S (=7rpos ttjv TeKvojaiv). unde 

 et credo leg. esse v. 17 (jas fieXiTTas) tois ^aaiXevai . . . [ttjv 



TCOV fieXlTTCVv], 



^ KOLKelvoi PS. * a^ftXe to] d^eiAero YZ. 



■* o ainois Y. 



^ avTovs . . . (^uCTtj] quoniam diminuuntur superfluitates 

 que sunt in corpore 2. 

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