# De partibus animalium 1.3-3

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Γ., Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/1.3-3

ἔυια δὲ τῶν ζῷόων, ὥσπερ 3 είπομεν, τροφῆς χάριν ἔχει μόνον. ὅσα δὲ καὶ πρὸς βοήθειάν τε καὶ πρὸς ἀλκήν, τὰ μὲν χαυλιόδοντας ἔχει, καθάπερ ὗς, τὰ δʼ ὀξεῖς καὶ ἐπαλλάττοντας, ὅθεν καρχαρόδοντα καλεῖται. ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν ἡ ἐσχὑς αὑτῶν, τοῦτο δὲ γίνοιτʼ ἄν διἀ τὴν ὀξύτητα, οί χρὴσιμοι πρὸς τὴν ἀλκὴν ἐνναλλὰξ ἐμπίπτουσιν, ὅπως μὴ ἀμβλύνωνται τριβόμενοι πρὸς ἀλλήλους

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Aristotle, De partibus animalium, ed. Bernhard Langkavel. 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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