# De partibus animalium 9.11

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/9.11

ἐν δὲ τοῖς 11 σελάχεσιν ἡ ῥάχις χονδρώδης μέν ἐστιν, ἔχει δὲ μυελόν· ἀντʼ ὀστοῦ γὰρ αὑτοῖς ὑπάρχει τοῦτο τὸ μόριον. σύνεγγυς δὲ κατὰ τὴν ἁρήν ἐστι τοῖς ὀστοῖς καὶ τὰ τοιάδε τῶν μορίων οἷον ὄνυχές τε καὶ ὁπλαὶ καὶ χηλαὶ καὶ κέρατα καὶ ῥύγχη τὰ τῶν ἀρνίθωυ. πάντα δὲ ταῦτα βοηθείας ἔχουσι χάριν τὰ ζῷα· τὰ γὰρ ἐξ οὐτῶν συνεστηκότα ὅλα καὶ συνύνυμα τοῖς μορίοις, οἷον ὁπλή τε ὅλη καὶ κέρας ὅλον,. μεμηχάνηται πρὸς τὴν σωτηρίαν ἑκάστοις. ἐν τούτῳ δὲ τῷ γένει καὶ ἡ τῶν ὀδόντων ἐστὶ φύσις, τοῖς μὲν ὑπάρχουσα πρὸς ἓν ἔργον τὴν τῆς τροφῆς ἐργασίαν, τοῖς δὲ πρός τε τούτο καὶ πρὸς ἀλκήν, οἷον τοῖς καρχαρόδουσι καὶ χαυλιόδουσι πἀσιν.

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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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