# De animalium incessu 13

Aristotle, De animalium incessu, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-animalium-incessu/13

13 Ὄντων δὲ τεττάρων τρόπων τῆς κάμψεως κατὰ τοὺς συνδέσμους (ἀνάγκη γὰρ κάμπτειν ἢ ἐπὶ τὸ κοῖλον καὶ τὰ πρόσθια καὶ τὰ ὀπίσθια, καθάπερ ἐφʼ οἷς Α, ἢ ἐπὶ τοὐναντίον ἐπὶ τὸ κυρτόν, καθάπερ ἐφʼ οἷς Β, ἢ ἀντεστραμμένως μὴ ἐπὶ τὰ αὐτά, ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν πρόσθια ἐπὶ τὸ κυρτόν, τὰ δʼ ὀπίσθια ἐπὶ τὸ κοῖλον, καθάπερ ἐφʼ οἷς τὸ Γ ἢ τοὐναντίον τούτοις τὰ μὲν κυρτὰ πρὸς ἄλληλα, τὰ δὲ κοῖλα ἐκτός, καθάπερ ἔχει ἐφʼ οἷς τὸ ∠), ὡς μὲν ἔχει ἐφʼ οἷς τὸ Α ἢ τὸ Β, οὐθὲν κάμπτεται οὔτε τῶν διπόδων οὔτε τῶν τετραπόδων, ὡς δὲ τὸ τὰ τετράποδα, ὡς δὲ τὸ ∠, τῶν μὲν τετραπόδων οὐθὲν πλὴν ἐλέφας, ὁ δʼ ἄνθρωπος τοὺς βραχίονας καὶ τὰ σκέλη· τοὺς μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ τὸ κοῖλον κάμπτει, τὰ δὲ σκέλη ἐπὶ τὸ κυρτόν. ἀεὶ δʼ ἐναλλὰξ ἐναντίως ἔχει τὰ κῶλα τὰς κάμψεις τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, οἷον τὸ ὠλέκρανον ἐπὶ τὸ κοῖλον, ὁ δὲ καρπὸς ἐπὶ τὸ κυρτόν, καὶ πάλιν ὁ ὦμος ἐπὶ τὸ κυρτόν· ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν σκελῶν ὁ μηρὸς ἐπὶ τὸ κοῖλον, τὸ δὲ γόνυ ἐπὶ τὸ κυρτόν, ὁ δὲ ποὺς τοὐναντίον ἐπὶ τὸ κοῖλον. καὶ τὰ κάτω δὴ πρὸς τὰ ἄνω φανερὸν ὅτι ἐναντίως· ἡ γὰρ ἀρχὴ ὑπεναντίως, ὁ μὲν ὦμος ἐπὶ τὸ κυρτόν, ὁ δὲ μηρὸς ἐπὶ τὸ κοῖλον· διὸ καὶ ὁ μὲν ποὺς ἐπὶ τὸ κοῖλον, ὁ δὲ καρπὸς τῆς χειρὸς ἐπὶ τὸ κυρτόν.

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Aristotle, De animalium incessu, ed. Werner Jaeger. 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.
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