# Conica κθ′.

Apollonius of Perga, Conica, κθ′.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/apollonius-of-perga/conica/%CE%BA%CE%B8%E2%80%B2.

Ἔστω δὴ τὸ Γ μεταξὺ τῶν ἁφῶν, ὡς ἐπὶ τῆς τρίτης καταγραφῆς. φανερόν, ὅτι οὐκ ἐφάψονται αἱ γραμμαὶ ἀλλήλων κατὰ τὸ Γ· κατὰ δύο γὰρ μόνον ὑπόκεινται ἐφαπτόμεναι. τεμνέτωσαν οὖν κατὰ τὸ Γ, καὶ ἤχθωσαν ἀπὸ τῶν Α, Β ἐφαπτόμεναι αἱ Α Λ, ΛΒ, καὶ ἐπεζεύχθω ἡ ΑΒ καὶ δίχα τετμήσθω κατὰ τὸ Ζ· ἡ ἄρα ἀπὸ τοῦ Λ ἐπὶ τὸ Ζ διάμετρος ἔσται. διὰ μὲν οὖν τοῦ Γ οὐκ ἐλεύσεται. εἰ γὰρ ἥξει, ἡ διὰ τοῦ Γ παρὰ τὴν ΑΒ ἀγομένη ἐφάψεται ἀμφοτέρων τῶν τομῶν· τοῦτο δὲ ἀδύνατον. ἤχθω δὴ ἀπὸ τοῦ Γ παρὰ τὴν ΑΒ ἡ ΓΚΗΜ· ἔσται δὴ ἐν μὲν τῇ ἑτέρᾳ τομῇ ἡ ΓΚ τῇ ΚΗ ἴση, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἑτέρᾳ ἡ ΚΜ τῇ ΚΓ ἴση. ὥστε καὶ ἡ ΚΜ τῇ ΚΗ ἴση· ὅπερ ἀδύνατον. ὁμοίως δὲ καί, ἐὰν παράλληλοι ὦσιν αἱ ἐφαπτόμεναι, κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ τοῖς ἐπάνω τὸ ἀδύνατον δειχθήσεται.

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Apollonius of Perga, Conica, ed. J. L. Heiberg. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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