# Fragmentum [Sp.] (e cod. Paris. gr. 2448) 12

Diophantus Alexandrinus, Fragmentum [Sp.] (e cod. Paris. gr. 2448), Paragraph 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diophantus-alexandrinus/fragmentum-sp-e-cod-paris-gr-2448/12

Τὸ δὲ πλινθίον συνέστηκεν ἐπὶ τῶνδε τῶν ἀριθμῶν· Ϛ, η, θ, ιβ ὁ μὲν οὖν η πρὸς τὸν ϛ ἐν ἐπιτρίτῳ λόγῳ, καθʼ ἣν ἡ διὰ τεσσάρων ἐστὶν ἁρμονία· ὁ δὲ ιβ πρὸς τὸν ϛ ἐν διπλασίῳ, καθʼ ἣν ἡ διὰ πασῶν ἕξεων ἔλεγχοι καὶ τῆς ἀναλογίας ἀριθμητικῆς μὲν ἐκ τῶν ϛ καὶ θ καὶ ιβ· οἷς γὰρ ἂν ὑπερέχῃ ὁ μέσος τοῦ πρώτου, τοσούτοις ὑπερέχεται τοῦ τελευταίου. γεωμετρικὴ δὲ ἡ τῶν τεσσάρων· ὃν γὰρ λόγον ἔχει τὰ η πρὸς τὰ ϛ, τοσοῦτον τὰ ιβ πρὸς τὰ θ ὁ δὲ λόγος ἐπίτριτος.

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Diophantus Alexandrinus, Fragmentum [Sp.] (e cod. Paris. gr. 2448), ed. Paul Tannery. 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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