# Geodaesia [Sp.] 11.2

Hero of Alexandria, Geodaesia [Sp.], Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/geodaesia-sp/11.2

τὴν μείζονα τῶν πλευρῶν τάττε βάσιν, καὶ εἰ μὲν βούλει τὴν μείζονα εὑρίσκειν ἀποτομήν, συντίθει τὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ πολλαπλασιασμοῦ τῆς βάσεως γινόμενον μετὰ τοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ πολλαπλασιασμοῦ τῆς μείζονος ὑποτεινούσης καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γινομένων ἀφαίρει τὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ πολλαπλασιασμοῦ τῆς ἐλάττονος ὑποτεινούσης καὶ τῶν καταλειπομένων τὰ ἡμίση μέριζε παρὰ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῆς βάσεως, καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ μερισμοῦ γινόμενον γίνωσκε εἶναι τὴν μείζονα ἀποτομὴν τῆς βάσεως.

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Hero of Alexandria, Geodaesia [Sp.], 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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