Ancient Greek
Paragraph 10
Diophantus Alexandrinus, Fragmentum [Sp.] (e cod. Paris. 453) 10
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πλασιάζωμεν τὴν Α∠ οὖσαν μοῖραν α, ἐπὶ τὸ ἓν ξον, λέγω δὴ τὴν ΑΞ, ἔσται τὸ πρῶτον χωρίον τὸ ΑΟ ξ ἑνός· εἰ δὲ ἐπὶ τὰ β λεπτὰ τὰ ΑΞ, ΞΖ, ἔσται λεπτὰ ἤτοι ξξ β καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς· ὁμοίως οὖν καὶ μοῖρα ἐπὶ ἓν πρῶτον λεπτὸν ἢ δύο, ποιοῦσι πρῶτα, τῆς Α∠ ὑποτεθείσης μοίρας, ἓν ἢ δύο καὶ ἑξῆς.