# De partibus animalium 5.4-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/5.4-4

ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὰ μαλακόστρακα 4 τούτοις τοὺς πρώτους ὀδόντας ἔχει καὶ τὸ ἀνάλογον τῇ γλώττῃ σαρκῶδες. ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰ ὀστρακόδερμα πάντα τὸ τοιοῦτον ἔχει μόριον διὰ τὴν αὐτὴν αἰτίαν τοῖς ἐναίμοις, πρὸς τὴν τῆς τροφῆς αἴσθησιν. ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὰ ἔντομα τὰ μὲν τὴν ἐξιοῦσαν ἐπιβοσκίδα τοῦ στόματος, οἷον τό τε τῶν μελιττῶν γένος καὶ τὸ τῶν μυιῶν, ὥσπερ εἴρηται καὶ πρότερον· ὅσα δὲ μή ἐστιν ἐμπροσθόκεντρα, ἐν τῷ στόματι ἔχει τὸ τοιοῦτον μόριον, οἷον τὸ τῶν μυρμήκων γένος καὶ εἴ τι τοιοῦτον ἕτερον. ὀδόντας δὲ τὰ μὲν ἔχει τούτων, ἀλλοιοτέρους δέ, καθάπερ τό τε τῶν μυρμήκων καὶ τὸ τῶν μελιττῶν γένος, τὰ δʼ οὐκ ἔχει, ὅσα ὑγρᾷ χρῆται τῇ τροφῇ· πολλὰ

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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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