# De partibus animalium 2.12

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Β., Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/2.12

12 ἕνια δὲ τῶν τοιούτων οὐδʼ ἔστιν ἁκλῶς εἰπεῖν ὅτι θερμὸν ἢ μὴ θερμόν. ὃ μὲν γάρ ποτε τυγχάνει ὂν τὸ ὑποκείμενον, οὐ θερμόν, συνδυαζόμενον δὲ θερμὸν, οἷον εἴ τις θεῖτο ὄνομα ὕδατι ἢ σιδήρῳ θερμῷ. τοῦτον γὰρ τὸν τρόπον τὸ αἷμα θερμὸν ἐστιν. καὶ ποιεῖ δὲ φανερὸν ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις ὅτι τὸ ψυχρὸν φύσις τις ἀλλʼ οὐ στέρησίς ἐστιν, ἐν ὅσοις τὸ ὑποκείμενον κατὰ πάθος θερμόν ἐστιν.

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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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