πάντων ὅσσα τε γαῖαν ἔπι πνείει 18 τε καὶ ἕρπει:τοῦτ᾽ οὐ ψεύδεται ὁ 20 λέγων ἐπὶ νηπίου καὶ 21 ἀρτιγενοῦς. οὐδὲν γάρ ἐστιν οὕτως; ἀτελὲς οὐδ᾽ ἄπορον οὐδὲ γυμνὸν οὐδ᾽ ἄμορφον οὐδὲ μιαρόν, ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἐν γοναῖς ὁρώμενος: ᾧ μόνῳ σχεδὸν οὐδὲ καθαρὰν ἔδωκεν εἰς φῶς ὁδὸν ἡ φύσις, ἀλλ᾽ αἵματι πεφυρμένος καὶ λύθρου περίπλεως καὶ φονευομένῳ μᾶλλον ἢ γεννωμένῳ ἐοικὼς οὐδενός ἐστιν ἅψασθαι καὶ ἀνελέσθαι καὶ ἀσπάσασθαι καὶ περιλαβεῖν 22 ἢ τοῦ φύσει φιλοῦντος. διὸ τῶν μὲν ἄλλων ζῴων ὑπὸ τὴν γαστέρα τὰ οὔθατα χαλᾷ τοὺς μαστοὺς, 23 ταῖς δὲ γυναιξὶν ἄνω γεγόνασιν 24 περὶ τὸ στέρνον ἐν ἐφικτῷ τοῦ φιλῆσαι καὶ περιπτύξαι καὶ κατασπάσασθαι τὸ νήπιον, ὡς τοῦ τεκεῖν καὶ θρέψαι τέλος οὐ χρείαν ἀλλὰ φιλίαν ἔχοντος
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7 ἀλλ᾽ ἀποκειμένων καὶ κεκρυμμένων] καὶ Stegmannus
8 ἐμμήνοις] add. κη᾽ Doehnerus
10 ἐν φυτοῖς] i. e. ἐπὶ τῶν φυτῶν. frustra tentatur
11 προσπεσοῦσαν W: προσπεσοῦσα
12 Δημόκριτος] Mullach. 1 p. 359
13 τοὺς μὲν Basileensis: καὶ τοὺς μὲν
15 ἤ τινας] τινὰς R qui recte nunc mihi emendasse vid. cf. Symb. meas
18 ἔπι πνείει Homerus: ἐπιπνείει
19 Hom. P 446
23 χαλᾷ τοὺς μαστοὺς] χαλᾷ Herwerdenus. de vocum distinctione cf. Reiskius
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