# Conica νγ′.

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/apollonius-of-perga/conica/%CE%BD%CE%B3%E2%80%B2.

Ἐὰν ὑπερβολὴ μιᾶς τῶν ἀντικειμένων κατὰ δύο σημεῖα ἐφάπτηται, ἡ ἀντικειμένη αὐτῇ τῇ ἑτέρᾳ τῶν ἀντικειμένων οὐ συμπεσεῖται. ἔστωσαν ἀντικείμεναι αἱ ΑΔΒ, Ε, καὶ ὑπερβολὴ ἡ ΑΓ τῆς ΑΔΒ ἐφαπτέσθω κατὰ δύο σημεῖα τὰ Α, Β, καὶ ἔστω ἀντικειμένη τῆς ΑΓ ἡ Ζ. λέγω, ὅτι ἡ Ζ τῇ Ε οὐ συμπεσεῖται. εἰ γὰρ δυνατόν, συμπιπτέτω κατὰ τὸ Ε, καὶ ἤχθωσαν ἀπὸ τῶν Α, Β ἐφαπτόμεναι τῶν τομῶν αἱ ΑΗ, ΗΒ, καὶ ἐπεζεύχθω ἡ ΑΒ καὶ ἡ ΕΗ καὶ ἐκβεβλήσθω· τεμεῖ δὴ κατ’ ἄλλο καὶ ἄλλο σημεῖον τὰς τομάς. ἔστω δὴ ὡς ἡ ΕΗΓΔΘ. ἐπεὶ οὖν ἐφάπτονται αἱ ΑΗ, ΗΒ, καὶ ἡ ΑΒ τὰς ἁφὰς ἐπέζευξεν, ἔσται ἐν μὲν τῇ ἑτέρᾳ συζυγίᾳ, ὡς ἡ ΘΕ πρὸς ΕΗ, ἡ ΘΔ πρὸς ΔΗ, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἑτέρᾳ ἡ ΘΓ πρὸς ΓΗ· ὅπερ ἀδύνατον. οὐκ ἄρα ἡ Ζ τῇ Ε συμβάλλει.

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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/.