# De partibus animalium 10.1

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Β., Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/10.1

10 Νῦν δὲ λέγωμεν οἷον ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς πάλιν, ἀρξάμενοι πρητον ἀπὸ τῶν πρὸτων. πἀσι γὰρ τοῖς ζῴοις καὶ τελείοις δύο τὰ ἀναγκαιὸτατα μὸρια ἐστιν, ᾖ τε δέχονται τὴν τροφὴν καὶ ᾖ τὸ περίττωμα ἀφήσουσιν· οὔτε γὰρ εἶναι οὔτε αὐξάνεσθαι ἐνδέχεται ἄνευ τροφῆς. τὰ μὲν οὖν φυτά (καὶ γὰρ ταῦτα ζῆν φαμέν) τοῦ μὲν ἀχρήστου περιττήματος οὐκ ἔχει τόπον· ἐκ τῆς γῆς γὰρ λαμβάνει πεπεμμένην τὴν τροφὴν, ἀντὶ δὲ τούτου προῖεται τὰ σπέρματα καὶ τοὺς καρπούς. τρίτον δὲ μέρος ἐν πάσίν ἐστι τὸ τούτων μέσον, ἐν

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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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