τῆς δ᾽ ἀφύης ἐστὶ γένη πλείω: καὶ ἡ μὲν ἀφρῖτις λεγομένη οὐ γίνεται ἀπὸ γόνου, ὥς φησιν Ἀριστοτέλης, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ τοῦ ἐπιπολάζοντος τῇ θαλάσσῃ ἀφροῦ ὅταν ὄμβρων γενομένων πολλῶν σύστασις γένηται. ἑτέρα δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἀφύη ἡ κωβῖτις λεγομένη: γίνεται δ᾽ αὕτη ἐκ τῶν μικρῶν καὶ φαύλων ”
ὥστ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἀφύη νῦν ἔστ᾽ ἔθ᾽ ἁπλῶς.
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“ ἀφύαι. καὶ ἑνικῶς δ᾽ ἀφύην λέγουσιν. Ἀριστώνυμος Ἡλίῳ ῥιγῶντι,
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