# Elementa astronomia 47

Geminus, Elementa astronomia, Cap. VIII. Περὶ μηνῶν.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/geminus/elementa-astronomia/47

νυνὶ δὲ ὁ κατὰ σελήνην ἐνιαυτὸς ἀκριβῶς ἐστι ⟨ν εἰλημμένος ἡμερῶν⟩ τνδ′ ὡς ἔγγιστα γ ου. ἐὰν οὖν ἀφέλωμεν τὰ τνδ′ γ ον ἀπὸ τῶν τξε′ δ ου, καταλειφθήσονται ἡμέραι ι′ ϛ′′ γ ον ιβ ον· αὗται δὲ ὀκταπλασιασθεῖσαι ἀποτελοῦσιν ἡμέρας πζ′ ὡς ἔγγιστα γ ον. αὗται δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι οὐ συμπληροῦσι τρεῖς μῆνας. δι’ ἣν αἰτίαν οὐ δεῖ ἄγειν ἐν τοῖς ὀκτὼ ἔτεσι τρεῖς μῆνας ἐμβολίμους.

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Geminus, Elementa astronomia, ed. Charles Manitius. 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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