# Μηχανικά 17.1

Aristotle, Μηχανικά, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/text-10/17.1

Διὰ τί τῷ σφηνὶ ὄντι μικρῷ μεγάλα βάρη διίσταται καὶ μεγέθη σωμάτων, καὶ θλῖψις ἰσχυρὰ γίνεται; Ἢ διότι ὁ σφὴν δύο μοχλοί εἰσιν ἐναντίοι ἀλλήλοις, ἔχει δὲ ἑκάτερος τὸ μὲν βάρος τὸ δὲ ὑπομόχλιον, ὃ καὶ ἀνασπᾷ ἢ πιέζει. Ἕτι δὲ ἡ τῆς πληγῆς φορὰ τὸ βάρος, ὃ τύπτει καὶ κινεῖ,ποιεῖ μέγα· καὶ διὰ τὸ κινούμενον κινεῖν τῇ ταχυτῆτι ἰσχύει ἔτι πλέον.

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Aristotle, Μηχανικά, ed. Immanuel Bekker. 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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