# De partibus animalium 7.4-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/7.4-3

ἅπαντα δὲ τὰ ὀστρακόδερμα, κπεραθά 4 τὰ φυτά, κάτω τὴν κεφαλὴν ἔχει. τούτου δʼ αἴτιον ὅτι κάτωθεν λαμβάνει τὴν τροφήν, ὥσπερ τὰ φυτὰ ταῖς ῥίζαις. συμβαίνει οὖν αὐτοῖς τὰ μὲν κάτω ἄνω ἔχειν, τὰ δʼ ἄνω κάτω. ἐν ὑμένι δʼ ἐστί, διʼ οὐ διηθεῖ τὸ πότιμον καὶ λαμβάνει τὴν τροφήν. ἔχει δὲ κεφαλὴν μὲν πάντα, τὰ δὲ τοῦ σώματος μόρια παρὰ τὸ τῆς τροφῆς δεκτικὸν ἀνώνυμα τἆλλα.

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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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