ARISTOTLE 



642 b 



orep'^uecog fj oTipiqcjiS' ahvvarov yap eih-q ^Ivai rou 



fiT] ovTos, OLOV T^s" aTToSta? t) tov arrripov cocTTTcp 

 TTTepojaecxis kol ttoSwv Set Se rrjg KaOoXov 8ta- 



25 <f)opdg etSr] etvai' el yap {jltj ecrrat, 8ta rt av eiy] 

 Tcov KaOoXov Kal ov rcJov KaB^ eKaorov ; rcov he 

 hiacfyopujv at ju-ev KaOoXov elal Kal e-xpvaiv etSr], 

 OLOV TTTeporrjs' to [JLev yap aox^JTOv ro S' ^^X''~ 

 GfJievov iarl Trrepov. Kal ttoSottj^ (haavTCOS r] [lev 

 TToXvGX^hTjs, 7] he hiox^hiqs i OLOV ra hlxoiXa, tj 8* 



30 oLGXi-hrjg Kal dhLalperos, olov ra fXwvvxO" ;\;aAc7rov 

 fxev ovv hiaXa^eLV Kal elg roiavras hiacfyopas cSv 

 euTLV ethT], wgO^ otlovv ^cpov ev ravrai? v'rrdpx€iv 

 Kal {jLTj ev TrXeioGL ravrov [olov TTrepojTov Kal 

 drrrepov eoTL yap dficfico ravrov, otov [xvpfjir]^ Kal 



35 XafjLTTVpls Kal erepd rLva), irdvrojv he x(^Xe7Twrarov 

 •^ dhvvarov els rds dvrLKeLfxevag } dvayKalov yap 

 rcov Kad^ eKaorov vTrdpx^LV rLvl rwv hLa(f)opd)v 



643 a eKd(7r7]Vy ware Kal rrjv dvriKeLixevrjv . el he (jlt] 



evhex^TO^L rols etheL hiacfyepovoLV inrdpx^tv ethos rL 

 rrjs ovaias drofjiov Kal ev, dAA' aet hLacfiopdv e^eL 

 ^(oLOv opvLS dvOpojTTOV — T) 8t77oSia ydp dXXr) Kal 

 8ta</)opo?* Kav el eVat/xa, ro af/j-a hid(f)opov, rj ovhev 

 6 TT^S" ovalas ro alfia dereov) — el 8' ovrojs eurLV, 7] 



^ ras dvTiK€Lix€vas Peck : ret avriK^iiia>a Titze : ra dvaifia 

 vulg. : Ttt ivavria Ogle : to. drofxa Prantl. 

 2 11. 3-6 interpunctionem correxi. 



" I have not attempted to keep a consistent translation for 

 mepoi; as Aristotle applies this term to " feathers " and to 

 " wings " (of insects). 

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