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‘ τοῖς δὲ θήλεσιν ὀγδοαίοις
τὰ ὀνόματα τίθενται;᾽’
ἦ τὸ μὲν προτέροις τοῖς θήλεσιν αἰτίαν
ἔχει τὴν φύσιν; καὶ γὰρ αὔξεται τὸ θῆλυ καὶ ἀκμάζει καὶ τελειοῦται
πρότερον τοῦ ἄρρενος. τῶν δ᾽ ἡμερῶν τὰς μετὰ τὴν ἑβδόμην λαμβάνουσιν ἡ
γὰρ ἑβδόμη σφαλερὰ τοῖς νεογνοῖς πρός τε τἄλλα 1 καὶ τὸν ὀμφαλόν: ἑβδομαῖος γὰρ ἀπολύεται τοῖς πλείστοις: ἕως δ᾽ 2
ἀπολυθῇ, φυτῷ μᾶλλον ἢ ζῴῳ προσέοικε τὸ νήπιον. ἢ καθάπερ οἱ
Πυθαγορικοὶ τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ τὸν μὲν ἄρτιον θῆλυν ἄρρενα δὲ τὸν περιττὸν
ἐνόμιζον;
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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