# De partibus animalium 10.44

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/10.44

ὁ δʼ ἄνθρωπος πόδας μεγίστους 44 ἔχει τῶν ζῴων ὡς κατὰ μέγεθος, εὐλόγως· μόνον γὰρ ἕστηκεν ὀρθόν, ὥστε τοὺς μέλλοντας δύʼ ὄντας ἕξειν πᾶν τὸ τοῦ σώματος βάρος δεῖ μῆκος ἔχειν καὶ πλάτος. καὶ τὸ τῶν δακτύλων δὴ μέγεθος ἐναντίως ἔχει ἐπί τε τῶν ποδῶν καὶ τῶν χειρῶν κατὰ λόγον· τῶν μὲν γὰρ τὸ λαμβάνειν ἔργον καὶ πιέζειν, ὥστε δεῖ μακροὺς ἔχειν (τῷ γὰρ καμπτομένῳ μέρει περιλαμβάνει ἡ χείρ), τῶν δὲ τὸ βεβηκέναι ἀσφαλῶς, ὥστε τοῦτο δεῖ τὸ μόριον εἶναι νομίζειν τὸ ἄσχιστον τοῦ ποδὸς τῶν δακτύλων.

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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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