# De partibus animalium 9.5-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/9.5-2

5 ἐκ δὲ τού κοίλου τῶν νεφρῶν φέρουσι πόροι ἄναιμοι εἰς τὴν κύστιν δύο νεανικοί, ἐξ ἑκατέρου εἶς, καὶ ἄλλοι ἐκ τῆς ἀορτῆς ἰσχυροὶ καὶ συνεχεῖς. ταῦτα δʼ ἔχει τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον, ὅπως ἐκ μὲν τῆς φλεβὸς τὸ περίττωμα τῆς ὑγρότητος βαδίζῃ εἰς τοὺς νεφρούς, ἐκ δὲ τῶν νεφρῶν ἡ γινομένη ὑπόστασις διηθουμένων τῶν ὑγρῶν διὰ τού σύματος τῶν νεφρῶν εἰς τὸ μέσον συρρέῃ, οὐ τὸ κοῖλον οἱ πλεῖστοι ἔχουσιν αὐτῶν· διὸ καὶ δυσωδέστατον τοῦτο τῶν σπλάγχνων ἐστίν. ἐκ δὲ τοῦ μέσου διὰ τούτων τῶν πόρων εἰς τὴν κύστιν ἤδη μᾶλλον ὡς περίττωμα ἀποκρίνεται.

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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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