# De partibus animalium 9.10

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Β., Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/9.10

10 ἔνεστι δὲ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ζῳοτόκοις πολλὰ τῶν ὀστῶν χονδρύδη, ἐν ὅσοις όυμφέρει μαλακὸν εἶναι καὶ ζυμῶδες τὸ στερεὸν διὰ τὴν σάρκα τὴν περικειμένην, σἷον συμβέβηκε περί τε τὰ ὡτα καὶ τοὺς μυκτὴρας · θραύεται γὰρ τὰ κραῦρα ταχέως ἐν τοῖς ἀπέχουσιν. ἡ δὲ φύσις ἡ αὐτὴ χόνδρου καὶ ὀστοῦ ἐστί, διαφέρει δὲ τῷ μάλλον καὶ ἧττον· διὸ καὶ οὐδέτερον αὐξάνεται ἀποκοπέν. οἱ μὲν σὗν ἐν τοῖς πεζοῖς ἀμύελοι χόνδροι κεχωρισμένῳ μυελῷ· τὸ γὰρ χωριζὀμενον εἰς ἅπαν μεμιγμένον μαλακὴν ποιεῖ καὶ ζυμώδη τὴν τοῦ χόνδρου σύστασιν.

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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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