# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 6.8-9

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, 6.8 to 6.9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/6.8

ἴδιον δὲ καὶ ὄνομα τῆς κατὰ τροφὴν κομιδῆς ἕκαστα τῶν ζῴων κέκτηται. πωλοδαμνικὴ γοῦν κληθείη τις ἂν καὶ σκυλακοτροφικὴ καὶ ἐλεφαντοκομία καὶ λεοντοτροφία καὶ ὀρνιθοτροφία καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα. σοφὰ δὲ ἄρκτου ἦν ἄρα ἐκεῖνα. ἐὰν διώκηται μετὰ τῶν αὑτῆς σκυλακίων, προωθεῖ αὐτὰ ἐς ὅσον δύναται· ὅταν δὲ συνίδῃ ὅτι ἀπεῖπε, τὸ μὲν κατὰ τοῦ νώτου φέρει, τὸ δὲ κατὰ τοῦ στόματος, καὶ δένδρου λαβομένη ἀναπηδᾷ· καὶ τὸ μὲν ἔχεται τοῦ νώτου τοῖς ὄνυξι, τὸ δὲ ἐν τοῖς ὀδοῦσι φέρεται ἀναθεούσης

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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/.