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ἤδη μέντοι καὶ τῶν ζῴων τὰ ἀγριώτατα πρὸς τὰ ὀνῆσαι δυνάμενα εἰρηναῖα καὶ ἔνσπονδά ἐστι, τῆς συμφυοῦς κακίας ἐς τὴν χρείαν παραλυθέντα. ὁ γοῦν κροκόδειλος νήχεταί τε ἅμα καὶ κέχηνεν. ἐμπίπτουσιν οὖν αἱ βδέλλαι ἐς αὐτὸν καὶ λυποῦσιν. ὅπερ εἰδὼς ἰατροῦ δεῖται τοῦ τροχίλου: πλήρης γὰρ αὐτῶν γενόμενος, ἐπὶ τὴν ὄχθην προελθὼν κατὰ τῆς ἀκτῖνος [p. 63] κέχηνεν. ὁ τοίνυν τροχίλος ἐμβαλὼν τὸ ῥάμφος ἐξάγει τὰς προειρημένας, καρτερεῖ δὲ ὠφελούμενος ὁ κροκόδειλος καὶ ἀτρεμεῖ. καὶ ὃ μὲν ἔχει δεῖπνον τὰς βδέλλας, ὃ δὲ ὀνίναται, καὶ τὸ μηδὲν ἀδικῆσαι τὸν τροχίλον λογίζεταί οἱ μισθόν.
Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 1. Aelian. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1864. Keyboarding.
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