# Geodaesia [Sp.] 11.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/geodaesia-sp/11.6

θέλω δὲ εὑρεῖν τὴν μείζονα ἀποτομήν. συντίθημι τὸν τῆς βάσεως πολλαπλασιασμὸν μετὰ τοῦ πολλαπλασιασμοῦ τῆς μείζονος ὑποτεινούσης· γίνονται ὁμοῦ ρο. τούτων ἀφαιρῶ τὸν πολλαπλασιασμὸν τῆς ἐλάττονος ὑποτεινούσης ἤγουν τὰ λϛ· λοιπὰ ρλδ· τούτων τὸ U+2220″ ξζ. ταῦτα μερίζω παρὰ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῆς βάσεως ἤγουν τὰ ια, καὶ γίνονται ϛ ια καὶ ἔστιν ἡ μείζων ἀποτομὴ ϛ ια΄. λοιπὴ ἄρα ἡ ἐλάττων ἀποτομὴ ἔσται δ καὶ ι ια΄.

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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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