A pipetting apparatus having: - at least one pipetting unit (24, 26, 28, 30) that comprises a pipetting conduit; - a guidance arrangement having at least one guidance rail (16, 18, 20, 22) on which the at least one pipetting unit (24, 26, 28, 30) is guided to move along a motion axis; - a linear drive arrangement with which the at least one pipetting unit (24, 26, 28, 30) is drivable to move along the motion axis, the linear drive apparatus comprising a stator (42, 44) that is stationary relative to the guidance arrangement, and the at least one pipetting unit (24, 26, 28, 30) constituting a rotor, movable relative to the stator (42, 44) along the motion axis, of the linear drive arrangement; the stator (42, 44) comprising a stator magnet arrangement (45, 46) connected fixedly to the guidance arrangement; the stator magnet arrangement (45, 46) encompassing a plurality of magnets that are arranged to follow one another with alternating magnetic-pole orientations along the motion axis; and the rotor comprising at least one energizable electromagnetic rotor magnet arrangement (58, 60) that is located oppositely from the stator magnet arrangement along a gap axis orthogonal to the motion direction, characterized in that the pipetting apparatus comprises at least two rotor magnet arrangements (58, 60) that interact in drive-force-generating fashion with the same common stator magnet arrangement and that are arranged with a spacing from one another along a spacing axis orthogonal to the motion axis, the common stator magnet arrangement being located between the at least two rotor magnet arrangements (58, 60). - at least one pipetting unit (24, 26, 28, 30) that comprises a pipetting conduit; - a guidance arrangement having at least one guidance rail (16, 18, 20, 22) on which the at least one pipetting unit (24, 26, 28, 30) is guided to move along a motion axis; - a linear drive arrangement with which the at least one pipetting unit (24, 26, 28, 30) is drivable to move along the motion axis, the linear drive apparatus comprising a stator (42, 44) that is stationary relative to the guidance arrangement, and the at least one pipetting unit (24, 26, 28, 30) constituting a rotor, movable relative to the stator (42, 44) along the motion axis, of the linear drive arrangement; the stator (42, 44) comprising a stator magnet arrangement (45, 46) connected fixedly to the guidance arrangement; the stator magnet arrangement (45, 46) encompassing a plurality of magnets that are arranged to follow one another with alternating magnetic-pole orientations along the motion axis; and the rotor comprising at least one energizable electromagnetic rotor magnet arrangement (58, 60) that is located oppositely from the stator magnet arrangement along a gap axis orthogonal to the motion direction, characterized in that the pipetting apparatus comprises at least two rotor magnet arrangements (58, 60) that interact in drive-force-generating fashion with the same common stator magnet arrangement and that are arranged with a spacing from one another along a spacing axis orthogonal to the motion axis, the common stator magnet arrangement being located between the at least two rotor magnet arrangements (58, 60). the stator (42, 44) comprising a stator magnet arrangement (45, 46) connected fixedly to the guidance arrangement; the stator magnet arrangement (45, 46) encompassing a plurality of magnets that are arranged to follow one another with alternating magnetic-pole orientations along the motion axis; and the rotor comprising at least one energizable electromagnetic rotor magnet arrangement (58, 60) that is located oppositely from the stator magnet arrangement along a gap axis orthogonal to the motion direction, characterized in that the pipetting apparatus comprises at least two rotor magnet arrangements (58, 60) that interact in drive-force-generating fashion with the same common stator magnet arrangement and that are arranged with a spacing from one another along a spacing axis orthogonal to the motion axis, the common stator magnet arrangement being located between the at least two rotor magnet arrangements (58, 60).