# Μηχανικά 21.3

Aristotle, Μηχανικά, Chapter 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/text-10/21.3

Ἔστω γὰρ τῆς ὀδοντάγρας τὸ μὲν ἕτερον ἄκρον ἐφ’ ᾦτὸ Α, τὸ δὲ ἕτερον, τὸ Β, ὃ ἐξαιρεῖ· ὁ δὲ μοχλὸς ἐφ’ ᾦ ΑΔΖ, ὁ δὲ ἄλλος μοχλὸς ἐφ’ ᾦ ΒΓΕ ὑπομόχλιον δὲ τὸ ΓΘΔ· ὁ δὲ ὀδοὐς ἐφ’ οὖ σύναψις· ὁ δὲ τὸ βάρος. Ἑκατέρῳ οὖν τῶν ΒΖ καὶ ἅμα λαβῶν κινεῖ. Ὅταν δὲ κινήση, ἐξεῖλε ῥᾷον τῇ χειρὶ ἢ τῷ ὀργάνῳ.

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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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