# Geodaesia [Sp.] 11.3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/geodaesia-sp/11.3

εἰ δὲ τὴν ἐλάσσονα θέλεις εὑρίσκειν ἀποτομήν, τὸ ἀνάπαλιν ποίει· συντίθει τὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ πολλαπλασιασμοῦ τῆς βάσεως μετὰ τοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ πολλαπλασιασμοῦ τῆς ἐλάσσονος ὑποτεινούσης καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γινομένων ἀφαίρει τὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ πολλαπλασιασμοῦ τῆς μείζονος ὑποτεινούσης καὶ τῶν καταλειπομένων λάμβανε τὰ ἡμίση καὶ ταῦτα μέριζε παρὰ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῆς βάσεως, καὶ τὸν ἐκ τοῦ μερισμοῦ γινόμενον γίνωσκε εἶναι τὴν ἐλάσσονα ἀποτομήν.

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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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