# De partibus animalium 12.2

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Γ., Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/12.2

τὸ δὲ τῶν 2 ὀρνίθων μάλιστα προσεμφερὲς τῷ τῶν ζῳοτόκων ἐστὶν ἥπατι· καθαρὸν γὰρ καὶ ἔναιμον τὸ χρῶμα αὐτῶν ἐστὶ καθάπερ κἀκείνων. αἴτιον δὲ τὸ τὰ σώματα τούτων εὐπνούστατα εἶναι καὶ μὴ πολλὴν ἔχειν φαύλην περίττωσιν. διόπερ ἔνια καὶ οὐκ ἔχεῖ χολήν τῶν ζῳοτόκων· τὸ γὰρ ἧπαρ συμβάλλεται πολὺ μέρος πρὸς εὐκρασίαν τοῦ σώματος καὶ ὑγίειαν· ἐν μὲν γὰρ τῷ αἵματι μάλιστα τὸ τούτων τέλος, τὸ δʼ ἧπαρ αἱματικώτατον μετὰ τὴν καρδίαν τῶν σπλάγχνων.

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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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