# De partibus animalium 5.21

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/5.21

παρὰ δὲ τὴν κοιλίαν σαρκῶδες μὲν οὐδὲν 21 ἔχουσιν, ὥσπερ εἴρηται, τὰ δὲ καλούμενα ᾠὰ πλείω τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἐν ὑμένι χωρὶς ἕκαστον, καὶ κύκλῳ ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος μέλανʼ ἄττα διεσπαρμένα χύδην, ἀνώνυμα. ὄντων δὲ πλειόνων γενῶν (οὑ γὰρ ἓν εἶδος τῶν ἐχίνων πάντων ἐστί) πάντες μὲν ἔχουσι ταῦτα τὰ μορια, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐδώιμα πάντες τὰ καλούμενα ᾠά, καὶ μικρὰ πάμπαν ἔξω τῶν ἐπιπολαζόντων.

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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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