# Conica λβ′.

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

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

Παραβολὴ ἐλλείψεως ἢ κύκλου περιφερείας οὐκ ἐφάψεται κατὰ δύο σημεῖα ἐντὸς αὐτῆς πίπτουσα. ἔστω γὰρ ἔλλειψις ἢ κύκλου περιφέρεια ἡ ΑΗΒ, παραβολὴ δὲ ἡ Α ΜΒ, καὶ εἰ δυνατόν, ἐφαπτέσθωσαν κατὰ δύο τὰ Α, Β, καὶ ἤχθωσαν ἀπὸ τῶν Α, Β ἐφαπτόμεναι τῶν τομῶν καὶ συμπίπτουσαι κατὰ τὸ Λ, καὶ ἐπεζεύχθω ἡ ΑΒ καὶ δίχα τετμήσθω κατὰ τὸ Ζ, καὶ ἐπεζεύχθω ἡ ΛΖ· τεμεῖ δὴ ἑκατέραν τῶν τομῶν κατ’ ἄλλο καὶ ἄλλο, ὡς εἴρηται. τεμνέτω κατὰ τὰ Η, Μ, καὶ ἐκβεβλήσθω ἡ ΛΖ ἐπὶ τὸ Δ, καὶ ἔστω τὸ Δ κέντρον τῆς ἐλλείψεως ἢ τοῦ κύκλου. ἔστιν ἄρα διὰ τὴν ἔλλειψιν καὶ τὸν κύκλον, ὡς ἡ ΛΔ πρὸς ΔΗ, ἡ ΔΗ πρὸς ΔΖ καὶ λοιπὴ ἡ ΛΗ πρὸς ΗΖ. μείζων δὲ ἡ ΛΔ τῆς ΔΗ· μείζων ἄρα καὶ ἡ ΛΗ τῆς ΗΖ. διὰ δὲ τὴν παραβολὴν ἴση ἡ ΛΜ τῇ ΜΖ· ὅπερ ἀδύνατον.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0550.tlg001.local001/.