# De partibus animalium 9.4-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/9.4-3

4 τὰ δὲ μαλάκιά τε καὶ στρομβώδη τῶν ὀστρακοδέρμων ἔχει αὑτοῖς μὲν παραπλ ησίως, τούτοις δʼ ἀντεστραμμένως. κέκαμπται γὰρ ἡ τελευτὴ πρὸς τὴν ἀρχήν, ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τις τὴν εὐθεῖαν ἐφʼ ἧς τὸ Ε κάμψας προσαγάγοι τὸ Δ πρὸς τὸ Α. οὕτως γὰρ κειμένων νῦν τῶν ἐντοσθίων περίκειται τοῖς μὲν μαλακίοις τὸ κύτος, ὃ καλεῖται μόνον ἐπὶ τῶν πολυπόδων κεφαλή· τοῖς δʼ ὀστρακοδέρμοις τὸ τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν ὁ στρόμβος.

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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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