# De partibus animalium 17.12

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Β., Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/17.12

12 ἀνθρύόπων οἱ δὲ καὶ τὰ τῶν ἅλλων ζῷόων δέρματα διαιρούσιν. ἐν μὲν σὖν τούτοις τοῖς ζῷύοις ἡ γλῶττα τοιαύτη τὴν φύσιν ἐστίν, ὥσπερ ἀντιστρόφως ἔχουσα τῷ μυκτῆρι τῷ τῶν ἐλεφάντων· καὶ γὰρ ἐκείνοις πρὸς βοήθειαν ὁ μυκτὴρ, καὶ τούτοις ἡ γλῶττα ἀντὶ κέντρου ἐστίν. ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων ἡ γλῶττα πάντων ἐστὶν οἵανπερ εἴπομεν.

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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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