# De partibus animalium 6.6-2

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Δ., Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/6.6-2

6 δῆλον δὲ τοῦτο γίνεται θιιγγανόντων, οἷον ἐπὶ τῶν καλουμένων κθάρων·αν φοβηθέντα γὰρ ἀκινητίζει, καὶ τὸ σῶμα γίνεται σκληρὸν αὐτῶν. ἀναγκαῖον δʼ ἐντόμοις αὐτοῖς εἶναι· τοῦτο γὰρ ἐν τῇ οὐσίῳ αὐτῶν ὑπάρχει τὸ πολλὰς ἔχειν ἀρχάς, καὶ ταύτῃ προσέοικε τοῖς φυτοῖς. ὥσπερ γὰρ τὰ φυτά, καὶ ταῦτα διαιρούμενα δύναται ζῆν, πλὴν ταῦτα μὲν μέχρι τινός, ἐκεῖνα δὲ καὶ τέλεια γίνεται τὴν φύσιν καὶ δύο ἐξ ἑνὸς καὶ πλείω τὸν ἀριθμόν.

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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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