# De partibus animalium 5.25

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/5.25

25 ἔχουσι δʼ οἱ ἐχῖνοι πάντες ἴσα τε τῷ ἀριθμῷ τὰ ᾠὰ καὶ περιττά· πέντε γὰρ ἔχουσιν, τοσούτους δὲ καὶ τούς ὀδόντας καὶ τὰς κοιλίας. αἴτιον δʼ ὅτι τὸ ᾠόν ἐστι, καθάπερ εἴρηται πρότερον, οὐκ ᾠὸν ἀλλὰ τοῦ ζῴου εὐτροφία. γίνεται δὲ τοῦτο ἐπὶ θάτερα μόνον ἐν τοῖς ὀστρέοις, τὸ καλούμενον ᾠόν. ταὐτὸ δὲ τοῦτό ἐστι καὶ τὸ ἐν τοῖς ἐχίνοις.

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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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