# De partibus animalium 9.8-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/9.8-3

ἐπεὶ δὲ βραχεῖς ἔχουσι τοὺς πόδας καὶ 8 ἀχρήστους πρὸς τὸ ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι καὶ μὴ ἀπο σπᾶσθαι ἀπὸ τῶν πετρῶν, ὅταν κλύδων ᾖ καὶ χειμών, καὶ πρὸς τὸ τὰ ἄποθεν προσάγεσθαι, διὰ ταῦτα προβοσκίδας ἔχουσι δύο μακράς, αἷς ὁρμοῦσί τε καὶ ἀποσαλεύουσιν ὥσπερ πλοῖον ὅταν χειμὼν ᾖ, καὶ τὰ ἄποθεν θηρεύουσι καὶ προσάγονται ταύταις αἵ τε σηπίαι καὶ αἱ τευθίδες. οἱ δὲ πολύποδες οὐκ ἔχουσι τὰς προβοσκίδας διὰ τὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῖς εἶναι πρὸς ταῦτα χρησίμους.

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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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