# De partibus animalium 1.4-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/1.4-3

οὐδὲν δὲ τῶν ζῷων ἐστὶν ἅμα καρχαρὸδουν καὶ χαυλιόδουν,4 διὰ τὸ μηδὲν μάτην ποιεῖν τὴν φύσιν μηδὲ περίεργον· ἔστι δὲ τῶν μὲν διὰ πληγῆς ἡ βοήθεια, τῶν δὲ διὰ δήγματος. διόπερ αἱ θήλειαι τῶν ὑῶν δάκνουσιν· οὐ γὰρ ἔχουσι χαυλιόδοντας.

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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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