# De partibus animalium 5.12

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Γ., Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/5.12

12 διεστῶσαι δʼ ἅνωσθεν ἢ τε μεγάλη φλὲψ καὶ ἡ ἀορτή, κάτω δʼ ἐναλλάσσουσαι συνέχουσι τὸ σῶμα. προϊοῦσαι γὰρ σχίζονται κατὰ τὴν διφυίαν τῶν κύόλων, καὶ ἡ μὲν ἐκ τού ἔμπροσθεν εἰς τοὔπισθεν προέρχεται, ἡ δ᾿ ἐκ τοῦ ὄπισθεν εἰς τοὔμπροσθεν, καὶ συμβάλλουσιν εἰς ἓν· ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς πλεκομένοις ἐγγίνεται τὸ συνεχὲς μἀλλον, οὕτω καὶ διὰ τῆς τῶν φλεβῶν ἐναλλάξεως συνδεῖται τῶν σωμάτων τὰ πρόσθια τοῖς ὄπισθεν. ὁμοίως δὶ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίας ἐν τοῖς ἄνω τόποις συμβαίνει.

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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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