# De partibus animalium 8.6-2

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Δ., Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/8.6-2

6 τὰ δʼ ἐν τοῖς ὑπτίοις μόρια καὶ περὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τὰ μὲν εἰς τὸ δέξασθαι τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ ἀφεῖναι ἔχουσι βραγχοειδῆ· πλακωδέστερα δὲ τὰ κάτω αἱ θήλειαι τῶν ἀρρένων καράβων ἔχουσι, καὶ τὰ ἐν τῷ ἐπιπτύγματι δασύτερα αἱ θήλειαι καρκίνοι τῶν ἀρρένων, διὰ τὸ ἐκτείνειν τὰ ᾠὰ πρὸς αὐτά, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἄποθεν, ὥσπερ οἱ ἰχθύες καὶ τἆλλα τὰ τίκτοντα· εὐρυχωρέστερα γὰρ ὄντα καὶ μείζω χώραν ἔχει τοῖς ᾠοῖς μᾶλλον.

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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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