ARISTOTLE 



oe yiverat oia to TTporepecv. orjAov oe todto kul 

 775 a em tcuv eTTTaixrjvcov 8ta yap to dTcXrj elvai ttoX- 



Aa/ci? evLa avrayv yiverat ovhe tovs rropovg e^ovrd 

 TTCO Si-qpdpcofxevov?, olov cvtcdv Kal fXVKT^pa)v, 

 aAA' eTTav^avop.evoLS hiapOpovTai, /cat ^Lovai, iroXXd 

 rcbv roLovrojv. 



ViveraL 8e dvairripa fxaWov iv rols dvOpojTTOLs 

 5 rd dppeva tcov drjXecuv, iv Be rols dXXois ovdev 



fldXXoV. aiTLOV 8' OTl €V TOLS dvdpOJTTOLg TToXv 



hia<j)epeL to dppev tov 6-r]Xeos Trj depixoTTjTL tvs 

 (j)vaecx}s, 8to KivrjTiKwrepd eoTi Kvovpueva Ta dppeva 

 tG)v drjXecov Sid 8e to KivelaQai dpaveTai [xaXXov 

 evcf)dapTov^ yap to veov hid Trjv dadevetav. Sta 

 10 T'qv auTrjv Se TavTrjv alriav Kal TeXeiovrai rd 

 drjXea rolg dppeaiv ovx ofioiws' {at ydp varepai 

 avrcov ovx d/JLOLios exovaiv iv 8e rols aAAots' 

 t,cpois ofjiOLCOs reXeiovraL- ovSev ydp varepeV rd 

 drjXea rcov dppevcov cocrTrep)^ iv rat? yvvai^iv 

 iv jxev ydp rfj [xiqrpl iv rrXeiovi -x^pdvo) StaKpLverat 

 TO drjXv TOV dppevos, i^eXdovai^ 8e rrdvra Trpo- 

 repov iTTLreXelrai, olov rj^rj Kal aKpirj Kal yrjpag, 

 rols drjXeaiv iq rols dppeaiv dadevearepa ydp 



^ ev(f>0aprov PZ : evdpavcrrov vulg. 



^ supplevi ; quoniam matrices earum sunt secundum 

 modum divisum (leg. diversum ; v.I. sunt diversae sec. moduni 

 eorum). in aJ'ds autem animalibvs non apparet diversitas in 

 complemento creationis feminarum et masculorum quoniam 

 non est in feminis diminutio a maribus S : in aliis autem 

 animaJibus similiter : nichil enim tardat femeUa plus ma.i- 

 culo, sicut in mulieribus GuL Moerb. teste Bussemaker : 

 similia ex Gul. vers, suppleverat Schneider, ed. H.A. vol. iv. 

 443. 



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