766 a 



ARISTOTLE 



fxevojv lacog av rj^r) juaAAov 6117 <j)avep6v hi r]v 

 alriav yiverai to [xev drjXv to 8 appev. orav yap 

 [XT) Kparfj 77 apx^] /xTjSe Svvrjrat Trei/jat 8t' evSeiav I 



20 depfJi6T7]TOS /M-77S' aydyj] els to tStov etSos" ro avTov, 

 dAAa ravTj] rirr-qOfj, dvdyKrj elg rovvavnov fxera- 

 ^dXXcLV. evavTLOv 8c rch dppevi ro 6t]Xv, /cat ravrrj 

 •^ TO uev dppev to Se drjXv. errei 8' evet Sia(f)opdv 

 €V Tr; ovvapi€L, e;;^ei Kat to opyavov otacpepov ivar 

 els TOiovTov jjLera^dXXei. ivos 8e [xoptov eVt/caipou 



25 nera^dXXovTos oXr] rj ovaraais rod ^coov ttoXv ro) 

 ei8ei 8i,a(f)ep€i. opdv 8' e^euriv cttI rcjv evvov^oiVy 

 oX evos puopiov TTrjpcudevros roaovrov i^aXXarrovcrt, 

 rTJs dpxcilo-S p,op4)r\s kol puKpov eAAetTroufft^ rov 

 d-qXeos rrjv Ihlav. rovrov 8' aircov ore kvia riov 

 jjLopccov dpxo.1 elaiv dpxfjs 8e KLvrjd€Lcn]s TToXXa 



30 avdyKT] fieOiaraadaL rcov aKoXovOovvrcov . 



Et ovv ro [JL€V dppev dpx'r} ns Kal alrLov, eari 

 8' dppev fj hvvarai ri, drjXv 8e 17 dhvvarel, rrjs 8e 

 Svvdixeojs opos Kal rrjs dSwafxlas ro TreTTTiKov eivai 



1 avTov Peck (cf. 766 b 16, 767 b 17) : avrov vulg. 

 ^ eXXeirrovai. P : Xiiirovai vulg. 



" The " movement " derived from the male, the male 

 " principle." See 767 b 17 ff. 



* i.e., male. 



' Cf. the terminology of this and the two following chapters 

 with Hippocrates, 77. SiatTrjs I. 25 ff. The following examples 

 may be given : I. 28 (vi. 502 Littre) tqv ernKpar-qcrrj to dpaev ; 

 ibid. TO 6t}Xv fjieiovrai Kal Sia/cpiWrat es dXXrjv (xoipav ; I. 27 

 (vi. 500 L.) SiaXveTai, is ttjv ixetoj tol^lv. 



" See, e.g., 716 a 27 ff., 766 b 2 ff . 



' i.e., the condition of possessing the female generative 

 organs. 



f Cf. above, 716 b 2 ff., and 764 b 28 ff. 



" Aristotle seems to haver between asserting and denying 



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