ARISTOTLE 



786 a oiaarpa<j)fj' ev^dapTov yap kol evKivrjTov to /xt- 



KpoVy TO he yiyvo/xevov tolovtov ev fxiKpo) yap rj 

 apxr) TOLs yiyvofxevois. 



MaAicrra 8e /nera^aAAoucrt /cat tcl <f)vaeL 6X6)(poa^ 

 jLtev ovTa, TO) yevei Se TToXvxpoa, Std to, uSara* to, 

 6 fJL€V yap depfia XevKrjv TTOiet Tr]v Tpixa, tol Se 

 ipvxpo. ixeXaivav, oiarrep /cat errl tcjv (f)VTcbv. a'tTiov 

 8' OTi TO. Oepfia TTvevjjiaTos TrXeov e^^i rj vhaTOs, 

 6 S' drjp SiacfiaLvojJLevos XevKOTrjTa Trotet, Kadairep 

 /cat Tov dcf)p6v. Sta^epei fjuev ovv, wanep /cat to. 

 Sep/Ltara tol Sta irddos XevKO. tcjv 8ta ti^v (f)vcnv, 



10 ouTO) /cat ev rat? dpt^lv rj re 8ta voaov 7} /cat 

 TjXtKLav /cat 77 8ta (f)vaLV XevKOTTjs tcov TpL^^v to) 

 TO a'lTiov €Tepov etvaf ra? jLtev yap 1^ (jyvaiKT] 

 OeppLOTf]? TTOtei XevKas, Tag 8 rj dXXoTpia. to Se 

 XevKov 6 (XT/LttSctjSTjs" aT^p vapex^Tat. ey/cara/cAeio- 

 jievos €v TTaaiv. Sto /cat oaa /i,i7 jiovoxpod e'crrt, 



15 Tct yTTo TT7V yacrre'pa irdvTa Aeu/corepa iaTiv. Kal 

 yap OepjjLOTepa /cat rjBvKpecoTepa TrdvTa Ta Aey/ca 

 cu? etrretv eart Sta tt^v avTrjv aiTiav rj jiev yap 

 TTeijjLS yXvKea Tvotet, tt)!' Se Trei/jtv to dep/xov. rj 

 8' auTT^ aiTta /cat rajv jiovoxpocov /xeV, jieXavojv 8 

 •^ Aeu/ccuv depjioTrjs yap /cat ipvxpoTrj? atria ttJs' 



20 ^vaecvs tov SepfxaTos /cat tcov rpip^oiv e;!^ei yap 

 eKaoTOV TOiv [lopioiv QepjioTrjTa oi/cetav. 



^ oAdxpoa Z^*m (non E*), Aldus, A.-W. : (xovoxpoa Z^, 

 vulg. : «# alteratio colorum generum animalium que sunt na- 

 turaliter multorum colorum erit multociens propter etc. S. 



« Cf. 775 a 9. 



* Cf. 735 b 8—736 a 20. 



' See 784 b 7, n. 



" C/. 784 a 34, b 6, 27, and Introd. § 62. 



538 



