# De mensuris 28.1

Hero of Alexandria, De mensuris, Chapter 28. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/de-mensuris/28.1

Ἐχέτω διάμετρον ποδῶν ῑγ U+2220΄, πλάτος β U+2220΄, κάθετον ποδῶν ζ δ΄· γίνονται πόδες ρ𝔮ε οὕτως· τρισκαιδεκάκις ῑγ ρξθ· καὶ τὸ U+2220΄ τῶν ῑγ ϛ U+2220΄· γίνονται πόδες ροε U+2220΄. καὶ τοῦ πλάτους β U+2220΄ ἐπὶ β U+2220΄· γίνονται ε· καὶ τῆς καθέτου ζ δ΄ ἐπὶ ζ δ΄· γίνονται ῑδ U+2220΄· ὁμοῦ γίνονται πόδες ρ𝔮ε. εὑρεῖν τὸν ἀέρα· ποίει οὕτως· τὴν διάμετρον ἐφʼ ἑαυτήν, ταῦτα ἑνδεκάκις· γίνονται πόδες ,ββ· ὧν τὸ κη΄· γίνονται πόδες οᾱ U+2220΄· ταῦτα ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος· γίνονται πόδες ροη U+2220΄ δ΄. καὶ τὸ περισσὸν τῆς καθέτου τὸ U+2220΄ τοῦ ποδὸς ἐπὶ τὴν διάμετρον, ταῦτα ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος· γίνονται πόδες ῑζ· ὁμοῦ πόδες ρ𝔮ε.

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Hero of Alexandria, De mensuris, ed. Johan Ludvig Heiberg. 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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