ARISTOTLE 



645 b ^AvayKalov 8e Trpcorov ra avjJL^e^rjKora SieXelv 

 Tvepl eKaoTOV yevos, oaa Kad^ avra TrdoLv vnapx^L 

 rot? t,a)OLSy fJLeTOL he ravra ras alrias avrcbv TTeipd- 

 (jdai SteAetv. etprjraL fxev ovv /cat Trporcpov on 

 TToXXa Koiva TToXXols VTTapx^i rajv l^wcov, ra fiev 

 olttXcos {olov TToSes, 7TT€pd, XeTTiSes, Kal ttolOt] St) 

 rov avTov rpoTTOV tovtols), ra S' dvdXoyov {Xeyco 8' 

 dvdXoyov , on roTs p^^v vrrdp^ei vXevpLOJv, rdls Se 

 TrXevpLCDV pL€V oVy o he rols e)(ovoi nXevpova, eKel- 

 VOL9 irepov dvrl rovrov Kal rots' /xev at/xa, rots' 8e 



10 TO dvdXoyov rrjv avrrjv €xov Svvap.iv rjvnep tols 

 ivalpLOis TO alpLo)' to 8e Aeyetv x^P^^ Trepl eKdarcov 

 TU)v Kad^ eVaara, Kal epiTrpoodev etVo/Ltcv ort 

 TToAActKts' Gvp^^rjoerai ravra Aeyetv, eVetSav Ae- 

 ycopLev 7T€pl Trdvrcov rcov VTTapxovrcnv vndpx^i 8e 

 TToAAotS' ravrd. ravra pL€v ovv ravrrj SLCoploOaj. 



15 'Evret 8e ro pcev opyavov Trdv eveKd rov, rcov 8e 

 rod oojpLaros pLopiojv eKaarov eveKd rov, ro 8' ov 

 eveKa Trpd^is ns, (f)avep6v on Kal ro ovvoXov acJjpLa 

 GvveGrrjKe irpd^eajs nvog eveKa ttoXv pie pods. ^ ov 

 yap Tj TTpicTis rod TTpiovos X^P^^ yeyovev, dAA' o 

 TTpLWV TTJs TTpioeajs' xpT^CTts' ydp ns rj TrpiuLs euriv. 

 ware Kal ro acopid ttcos ttjs iJjvx'^? eveKev, /cat ra 



20 pLopia rojv epycjv npos a 7Te(f)VKev eKaorov. 



AeKTeov dpa Trpcorov rds irpd^eis ras re Koivds^ 



^ TToXvfMepovs P : 7tXi]povs ■vulg. : fortasse TToXvfx6p(f)ov, c£. 

 646 b 15. 



2 TTavTcjov post KOLvas viilg. ; delevi. 



• Almost always used in the singular by Aristotle. 



'' By " blood " Aristotle means red blood only. " Blooded " 

 and " bloodless " animals do not quite coincide with verte- 

 brates and invertebrates ; for there are some invertebrates 

 which have red blood, e.g. molluscs (Planorbis), insect 

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