766 b 



ARISTOTLE 



€V eavTCo TOiavrrjv otav klvclv [/<rat ev rco ^ojof]^ /cai 

 oiaTTerreiv Trjv iaxo-Trjv rpo^rjv, ro 8e rov drjXeos 



15 vXrjv fjiovov. Kparrjaav pcev ovv el? avro ayei, 

 Kprxriqdev S' et? rovvavriov /zera^aAAet r] els cf)dopdv. 

 evavTLOV he rco dppevL to drjXv drjXv 5e rfj aTreifjia, 

 Kai rfj ifjuxpoTTjTi TTJs aljjuaTiKrjs^ rpo<f)rjg. tj he 

 (pvaLs eKdarqj ra>v TTepiTruiixaTiov oLTTohlhajGi to 

 heKTiKov pbopiov. TO he anepfia TTepLTTOjpba, tovto 



20 he Tols fiev deppcoTepots Kal appeal tcov evaipnov 

 evoyKov tco TrXrjdei, hio rd Se/crt/ca p,6pta TTopoi 

 Tavrrjs rrj? TrepLTTCoaews elai Tot? dppeaLV rot? 

 he drjXeaL 8t' a,7Tetplav TrXrjdos alp^aTiKov (a/carep- 

 yaarov yap), ojcrre /cat p^opiov heKTiKov dvayKotov 

 eivat, Tt, Kal elvai tovto dv6p,oLov /cat p^eyedos 



25 e;j^etr. hid tt]? varepas TOiavTT) tj <j)vais ecrrtV. 

 TOVTO) he TO drjXv hia^epei to) p^oplco tou dppevos. 

 Ata Ttt'a piev ovv alriav ytVerat to pikv 6-qXv to 

 S' dppev, etprjTai. 



II TeKpnqpia he Ta avp,paLVOVTa tols elprjpievois . 

 Td re ydp vea d-qXvroKa pidXXov rcov dKp,a!^6yrojv, 



^ Kal iv TO) ^a;a> et mox to 8e rov OrjXeos vXrjv fxovov suspicati 

 sunt A.-W. ; pro koX iv tco ^wcu coni. A.-W. ev tw dijXei, seel. 

 Btf. ; pro to 8e tov d-qXeos vXrjv jxavov habet S et facer e ipsnm 

 (sc. ultimum cibum) transire ad matricem feminae. infemina 

 autem est creatio embrionis. cf. 765 b 10 seqq. 



" The passage following has been corrupted. It should 

 probably read : " a principle of such a kind as to set in 

 movement and to concoct thoroughly the ultimate nourish- 

 ment, and to cause it to pass into the uterus of the female ; 

 whereas the formation of the embryo takes place in the 

 female." Cf. the parallel passage above, 765 b 10. 



'' There is no subject to this verb in the Greek ; at 766 a 18 

 it is " the principle " ; at 767 b 17 it is " the movement 

 derived from the male " — where also Aristotle explains that 



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