# Liber geeponicus [Sp.] 48

Hero of Alexandria, Liber geeponicus [Sp.], Chapter 48. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/liber-geeponicus-sp/48

Ἔστω τετράγωνον ἑτερόμηκες ἤτοι παραλληλόγραμμον, οὗ τὸ μῆκος ποδῶν ν´, τὸ δὲ πλάτος ποδῶν λ´· εὑρεῖν αὐτοῦ τὸ ἐμβαδὸν καὶ τὴν διαγώνιον· ποιῶ οὕτως· τὸ μῆκος ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος γίνονται πόδες ,αφ´· ἔσται τὸ ἐμβαδὸν ,αφ´ ποδῶν. τὴν δὲ διαγώνιον εὑρεῖν· τὸ μῆκος ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτὸ γίνονται πόδες ,βφ´· καὶ τὸ πλάτος ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτὸ γίνονται πόδες Ϡ´· ὁμοῦ γίνονται πόδες ,γυ´· ὧν πλευρὰ τετραγωνική πόδες νη´ γ˝· τοσούτου ἐστὶν ἡ διαγώνιος .

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Hero of Alexandria, Liber geeponicus [Sp.], ed. Friedrich Hultsch. 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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