# De partibus animalium 7.11

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Β., Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/7.11

11 Περὶ μὲν σὖν τῶν συμφύτων τοῖς ζῴοις ὑγρῶν σχεδὸν εἴρηται περὶ πάντων· τῶν δʼ ὑστερογενῶν τά τε περιττώματα τῆς τροφῆς ἐστί, τό τε τῆς κύστεως ὑπόστημα καὶ τὸ τῆς κοιλίας, καὶ παρὰ ταῦτα γονὴ καὶ γάλα τοῖς πεφυκόσιν ἔχειν ἕκαστα τούτων. τὰ μὲν οὖν τῆς τροφῆς περιττώματα περὶ τὴν τῆς τροφῆς σκέψιν καὶ θεωρίαν οἰκείους ἔχει τοὺς λόγους, τίσι τε τῶν ζῴων ὑπάρχει καὶ διὰ τίνας αἰτίας, τὰ δὲ περὶ σπέρματος καὶ γάλακτος ἐν τοῖς περὶ γενέσεωςʼ τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἀρχὴ γενέσεως αὐτῶν ἐστί, τὸ δὲ χάριν γενέσεως.

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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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