ARISTOTLE 



693 b 



oaaTTep t^cooTOKelrai rj cooro/cetrat, raJv 8' opviBojv 



av^rjOevTCOv dSrjXo?. r) 8* air la StJXtj iv roT? nepl 



25 yeveaLV etV yap to evrepov r) (TVfJL(f)vaLS ylverai, Kal 



ovx cjoTTcp ToZs t^cporoKOLS Tcov </>Ae^cDv Tt fiopLov 



iuTLV. 



"Ert Tcov opvlOajv ol piev tttt^tlkol Kal rag irrepvyas 



694 a peydXas exovGL Kal laxvpds, olov ol yapn/jcjvvx^S 



Kal d)pLO(f)dyoL- dvdyKrj yap tttt^tlkov?^ etvat Sid rov 

 ^loVy u)a6^ eVe/ca tovtov Kal TrXrjOog exovoL nrepajv 

 Kal rds TTTepvyas pLeydXag. eon 8' ov piovov rd 

 5 yapipcuvvxoL dXXd Kal dXXa yevq opviOtov TTTTjTiKd, 

 OGOLS r] GixiTi^pia iv rfj raxvrrJTL rrjs 'rmqaeajs r^ 



iKTOTTLGTLKOg 6 ^LOS . €VLa 8' OV TTTrjTLKd TCOV 



opviOojv iarlv dXXd papea, oh 6 ^log eVtyeto? Kal 

 euTL Kap7TO(f)dya rj rrXcord Kal nepl vhojp ^lorevov- 

 OLV. eari 8e rd piev tcov yapufjojvvxojv awpiaTa 

 pLLKpd dvev^ TCOV 7TT€pvya)v Sid to els raura?^ dva- 

 XioKeudai TTjv Tpocfirjv {/cat)'* etV ra oVAa Kal ttjv 



10 ^o'TjOetav TOLS Se pLrj 7TTr]TiKoZs TovvavTiov ra oco- 

 pLaTa oyKcoSr], Sto ^apea iarlv. exovgl 8' cvlol 

 rcjv ^apecov ^OT^Oetav dvrl rcov Trrepvycov rd KaXov- 

 pL€va^ TrXrJKrpa inl rot? OKiXecnv. a/xa 8' ol avrol 

 01) ylvovr at TrXrJKrpa exovres Kal yapuipcovvx^S ' 



15 alnov 8' on ovSev rj (/)vaLS rroieZ rrepUpyov. eon 

 8e roZs piiv yajxifjajvuxois Kal TTrrjriKoZs dxprjcrra rd 



^ TTTTjTLKovs P, Rackham : ttttjtlko. Y6 : vttjtlkoIs Z, vulg. 



^ post dvev habent tcov Trrepcov Kal Y6. 



^ €ts ravras QSUZ : ivravda Vulg:. 



* <Kal> Ogle. 5 desinit Z. 



° This passage must lie supplemented by reference to others 

 (such as Degen. an. 758 b iiO ff., and Hist. An. 561 b), in which 

 Aristotle speaks of txco umbilici or umbilical cords— j..?. he 

 recognized the allantois as well as the umbilical vesicle. He 

 408^ 



