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^iwo^vXsLJ^dLj £l%) xcupfeiov cLi$&KcupKmov i V t^Bfia^fj^ucq SicKpQzifOvrcu, Qoiflov. 

 quo loco $ xcupKmov 40VJ 7& xcupKtvx /MXfSyid eft,pro cancro paruo non 

 pro cancelloanteadefcripto locuftis fpecie fimili vfurpatur,pugnan- 

 tia enim fcriberet Ariftoteles qui cancellum in inanibus teftis habita- 

 rcfcripfit.de paruo autemcancro mentionem hic fieri clare oftcndit 

 Ariftoteles quum mox fe explicans fubdit , IjupiWa/ JU &ivioi$r&p 

 offCLXo&ffJMv xcupKivoi X&jkoi , 5* ixtyibos 7rccfJ7mv juAKfoi, txXu^oi fjj]v m 

 fois fjLva-l mji\(v^&o-i^t!S^ 6 w f&\$ *usm&\s 01 ttyWfjtyvoi TJSiwoTyfcLj.hlotum 

 duorum difcrimen ex iis qua? antea fufius tradidimus perfpicuum eft. 

 Qu6d ver6 Plinius loco proxime citato duospinnoterasuue pinno- 

 phylacas faciat,S xcvp&iov, id eft , fquillam paruam fiue fquillulam,&: 

 cancrum paruum,no cancellum quem eremitam appellari diximus, 

 quodnon cum pinna aut vllo alio verum folus in tefta aliena habitet 

 confirmocx Athenaeo,apudquemeadem plane leguntut de cancro 

 pinnothere,qua: apud Plinium de cancro dapis afle&atore.Plinj ver- 

 ba funt,aliubi canccr dapis aflect.ator,pandit fe pinna luminibus,or- 

 bum corpus intus minutis pifcibus pra^bens. Affultant alij protinus & 

 vbilicentiaaudacia crcuit,implcnt eam, Hoctempus fpeculatus in- 

 dex,tnorfu kui fignificat.Illa ore comprciTo,quicquid inclufit exani- 

 Lib.$ u mat,partemque focio tribuit. Ath^nseus. XfvQzf&os o 6 Q\&,$ h roi 

 ^l(jL7tl(x> TfcO. rQ ^tXS ^94 rys vt^Syb&tvvityyveiiH&i tfiwo?vfV$ cnwtf- 

 yoX cL>hv*-oiS , >(g.T feicfyj i %wjcljj%jcl a-ujxfjj^j^v , v fJL%/ Vv TSmti o\fiov \&ifir§ 

 'usmotvfvs KcupKivos fjuxfbs , ^ v '&MV $i*<?vQQ S brf&WyiwyclfyrnfS- 

 Q <£ l&tQovfe. i]Q[vSu«. , iftmrifvs tTfcups^s o&» ti<rt\Qy ri, ^clkv^ cwrUv 

 wcmSftrvfJ-oyvcdVyV oSvyQtlQ a-ufj.fj.vi )(gj, xrus & chnXnqfih zvfov %g.rs<&teQ 

 ^ivv.ld eft,Chryfippus folenfis in quinto de honefto & voluptate, ait: 

 pinna & pinnotcr operas mutuas prasftant , feorfum viucre non pof- 

 funt.pinnaexoftreiscft,pinnoter cancer paruus , pinna teftam pan- 

 dit ingredientes pifciculos obferuans , pinnoter adftans fiquid fubic- 

 rit,morfu pinnae fignificat, qux demorfa teftam clauditreoque quod 

 inclufumfitcommuniter vefcuntur. Vides quod KcupKiviov dixit Ari- 

 ftotelesloco poftremo citato,cancrum dici a Phnio,a Chryfippo Kcup 

 KivovfjLiKfov. Qua: omnia hic fpectant , vt admoncam diligenter ani- 

 maduertendumefleinlegendishis Ariftotelis & Plinij locis diftin- 

 guendas efle beftiolas duas quse iifdem vel fimilibus nominibus nu n- 

 cupantur/cilicct xcopt/woj/,ideft,cancellum proeoqueminitiocapi- 

 tisdepinximusjquemcremitamvulgonominamusjqui locuftis fpe- 

 ciefimiliseftj&cancellumprocancroparuocancris figura omnino 

 fimuVqui pinnoter fiue pinnophylax eft & dicitur,quorum prio- 

 rem S KcupKmov femper vocat AriftoteIes,altcrum farpius.-r kcupkIvov f*i- 

 ^ov 3 femeI tantum quod fciam KcupKmov. Hisillud addam. Hermo- 

 laumbarbarum non rccle quod fequitur annotafle apud Plinium 



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