# De partibus animalium 5.6-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/5.6-3

6 ταῖς μὲν οὖν σηπίαις καὶ τοῖς πολύποσιν ὅμοια καὶ τοῖς σχήμασι καὶ τῇ ἁφῇ τὰ περὶ τὴν κοιλίαν· ταῖς δὲ καλουμέναις τευθίσι δύο μὲν ὁμοίως αἱ κοιλιώδεις εἰσὶν ὑποδοχαί, ἧττον δὲ προλοβώδης ἡ ἑτέρα, καὶ τοῖς σχήμασιν ἐκείνων διαφέρουσι διὰ τὸ καὶ τὸ σῶμα πᾶν ἐκ μαλακωτέρας συνεστάναι σαρκός.

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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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