# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 3.29

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/3.29

ἡ πίννη θαλάττιον ζῷον, καὶ ἔστι τῶν ὀστρείων. κέχηνε δὲ τῇ διαστάσει τῶν περικειμένων ὀστράκων, καὶ προτείνει σαρκίον ἐξ ἑαυτῆς οἱονεὶ δέλεαρ τοῖς παρανηχομένοις τῶν ἰχθύων. καρκίνος δὲ αὐτῇ παραμένει σύντροφός τε καὶ σύννομος. οὐκοῦν ὅταν τις τῶν ἰχθύων προσνέῃ, ὃ δὲ ὑπένυξεν ἡσυχῆ αὐτήν· καὶ ἡ πίννη μᾶλλον ἀνέῳξεν ἑαυτήν, καὶ ἐδέξατο ἔσω τοῦ ἐπιόντος ἰχθύος τὴν κεφαλὴν ʽκαθίησι γὰρ ὡς ἐπὶ τροφᾖ καὶ ἐσθίει αὐτήν.

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Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, ed. Rudolf Hercher, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0545.tlg001.local001/.