# Elementa astronomia 8

Geminus, Elementa astronomia, Cap. XI. Περὶ ἐκλείψεως σελήνης.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/geminus/elementa-astronomia/8

Ἐκ δὲ τούτων φανερὸν ὅτι αἱ τῆς σελήνης ἐκλείψεις γίνονται κατὰ τὴν εἰς τὸ σκίασμα τῆς γῆς ἔμπτωσιν. πρὸς λόγον γὰρ τῆς κατὰ πλάτος κινήσεως [τῆς ἡμερησίου] τῆς σελήνης τὰ μεγέθη τῶν ἐκλείψεων [σύμφωνα] γίνεται· καὶ ἐν ἄλλαις ἡμέραις οὐ γίνονται αἱ τῆς σελήνης ἐκλείψεις πλὴν ἐν τῇ διχομηνίᾳ.

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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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