Ὀστρακόδερμοι ἰχθύες

hard-shelled fishes

Translated by David Whitehead24 May 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

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[sc. They are] the likes of oysters, purple-fish, trumpet-shells, conches, sea-urchins; the ones which are neither female nor male.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὀστρακόδερμοι ἰχθύες· οἷον ὄστρεα, πορφύραι, κήρυκες, στρόμβοι, ἐχῖνοι· ἃ οὔτε θήλεα οὔτε ἄρρενά εἰσιν.

Betacode

*)ostrako/dermoi i)xqu/es: oi(=on o)/strea, porfu/rai, kh/rukes, stro/mboi, e)xi=noi: a(\ ou)/te qh/lea ou)/te a)/rrena/ ei)sin.

From the Epitome of Aristotle's History of Animals by Aristophanes of Byzantium.
cf. under epsilon 3402, pi 1826.

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