# De respiratione 19

Aristotle, De respiratione, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-respiratione/19

Δῆλον δ’ ἐκ τούτων καὶ διὰ τίν’ αἰτίαν τοῖς μὲν ἀναπνέουσι τῶν ζῴων ἀποπνίγεσθαι συμβαίνει ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ, τοῖς δ’ ἰχθύσιν ἐν τῷ ἀέρι· τοῖς μὲν γὰρ διὰ τοῦ ὕδατος ἡ κατάψυξις γίνεται, τοῖς δὲ διὰ τοῦ ἀέρος, ὧν ἑκάτερα στερίσκεται μεταβάλλοντα τοὺς τόπους. Ἡ δ’ αἰτία τῆς κινήσεως τοῖς μὲν τῶν βραγχίων τοῖς δὲ τοῦ πνεύμονος, ὧν αἰρομένων καὶ συνιζόντων τὰ μὲν ἐκπνέουσι καὶ εἰσπνέουσι τὰ δὲ δέχονται τὸ ὑγρὸν καὶ ἐξιᾶσιν, ἔτι δ’ ἡ σύστασις τοῦ ὀργάνου, τόνδ’ ἔχει τὸν τρόπον.

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Aristotle, De respiratione, ed. Immanuel Bekker. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0086.tlg037.local001/.