# De partibus animalium 5.8-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/5.8-3

8 ἔχει μὲν οὖν πάντα τὰ μαλάκια τοῦτο τὸ μόριον ἴδιον, μάλιστα δʼ ἡ σηπία καὶ πλεῖστον· ὅταν γὰρ φοβηθῶσι καὶ δείσωσιν, οἷον φράγμα πρὸ τοῦ σώματος ποιοῦνται τὴν τοῦ ὑγροῦ μελανίαν καὶ θόλωσιν.

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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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