# De partibus animalium 17.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/17.5

5 τῶν δὲ πεζῶν καὶ ᾠοτόκων καὶ ἐναίμων πρὸς μὲν τὴν τῆς φωνῆς ἐργασίαν ἄχρηστον τὰ πολλὰ τὴν γλῶτταν ἔχει καὶ προσδεδεμένην καὶ σκληράν, πρὸς δὲ τὴν τῶν χυμῶν γεῦσιν οἵ τʼ ὄφεις καὶ οἱ σαύροι μακρὰν καὶ δικρόαν ἔχουσιν, οἱ μὲν ὄφεις οὕτως μακρὰν ὥστʼ ὲκτείνεσθαι ἐκ μικροῦ ἐπὶ πολύ, δικρόαν δὲ καὶ τὸ ἄκρον λεπτὸν καὶ τριχῶδες διὰ τὴν λιχνείαν τῆς φύσεως· διπλῆν γὰρ τὴν ἡδονὴν κτάται τῶν χυμῶν, ὥσπερ διπλῆν ἔχοντα τὴν τῆς γεύσεωος αἴσθησιν.

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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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