# Geodaesia [Sp.] 11.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/geodaesia-sp/11.7

εἰ δὲ θέλω τὴν ἐλάττονα εὑρεῖν πρότερον ἀποτομήν, συντίθημι τὸν τῆς βάσεως πολλαπλασιασμὸν μετὰ τοῦ πολλαπλασιασμοῦ τῆς ἐλάττονος ὑποτεινούσης· γίνονται ὁμοῦ ρνζ. τούτων ἀφαιρῶ τὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ πολλαπλασιασμοῦ τῆς μείζονος ὑποτεινούσης ἤγουν τὰ μθ· λοιπὰ ρη· τούτων τὰ U+2220΄ νδ. ταῦτα μερίζω παρὰ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῆς βάσεως ἤγουν τὰ ια, καὶ γίνονται δ καὶ ῑ ἑνδέκατα· καὶ ἔστιν ἡ ἐλάσσων ἀποτομή. λοιπὴ ἄρα ἡ μείζων ἀποτομὴ ἔσται ϛ καὶ ᾱ ἑνδεκάτου, καὶ ἔστιν ἡ τῶν ἀποτομῶν εὕρεσις ἀμφοτέρωθεν σύμφωνος.

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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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