# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 4.32

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/4.32

Προβατεῖαι δὲ Ἰνδῶν ὁποῖαι μαθεῖν ἄξιον. τὰς αἶγας καὶ τὰς οἶς ὄνων τῶν μεγίστων μείζονας ἀκούω καὶ ἀποκύειν τέτταρα ἑκάστην· μείω γε μὴν τῶν τριῶν οὔτʼ αἲξ Ἰνδικὴ οὔτʼ ἂν οἶς ποτε τέκοι. καὶ τοῖς μὲν προβάτοις αἱ οὐραὶ πρὸς τὸν πόδα τέτανται, αἱ δὲ αἶγες μηκίστας ἔχουσιν, ὥστʼ ἐπιψαύειν γῆς ὀλίγου. τῶν μὲν οὖν οἰῶν τῶν τίκτειν ἀγαθῶν ἀποκόπτουσι τὰς οὐρὰς οἱ νομεῖς, ἵνα ἀναβαίνωνται, ἐκ δὲ τῆς πιμελῆς τῆς τούτων καὶ ἔλαιον ἀποθλίβουσι· τῶν δὲ ἀρρένων διατέμνουσι τὰς οὐράς, καὶ ἐξαιροῦσι τὸ στέαρ καὶ ἐπιρράπτουσι, καὶ ἑνοῦται πάλιν ἡ τομή, καὶ ἀφανίζεται τὰ ἴχνη αὐτῆς.

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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/.