# De opificio mundi 109

Joannes Philoponus, De opificio mundi, Page 109. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-philoponus-phil/de-opificio-mundi/109

μηνῶν ἀπαριθμήσεως. οὐδέποτε τὸν μῆνα τὸν πρῶτον ἕνα λέγουσιν ἀλλὰ μόνως πρῶτον. ‘ὁ μὴν οὗτος ὑμῖν ἀρχὴ μηνῶν, πρῶτός ἐστιν ὑμῖν ἐν τοῖς μησὶ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ’ καὶ πάλιν ‘ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ μηνὶ ἐν τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ μηνός’· ἐπειδὴ καὶ ὁ τριακονθήμερος τοῦ μηνὸς χρόνος καὶ αὐτὸς κατὰ ἀνακύκλησιν τῆς μιᾶς ἡμέρας γίνεται, οὐ μὴν ὁ ἐνιαυτὸς κατὰ ἀνακύκλησιν ἑνὸς μηνός. τὸ γὰρ μέτρον ἐστὶν ἐλάχιστον, ὧν ἐστι μέτρον· ἐλαχίστη δὲ πασῶν ἡ τῆς ἀπλανοῦς κίνησις, ἧς ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ ἀποκατάστασις ἡμέρα ἐστίν· διὸ ταύτῃ καὶ ὁ πᾶς χρόνος μετρεῖται. τούτου δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ποταμῶν ἢ γυναικῶν ἢ ἑτέρων τινῶν τοιούτων ἡ τοῦ ἔθους μετῆλθε κατάχρησις. λόγος τρίτος. Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεός· ‘γενηθήτω στερέωμα ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ ὕδατος καὶ ἔστω διαχωρίζον ἀνὰ μέσον ὕδατος καὶ ὕδατος’, καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως. καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ στερέωμα καὶ διεχώρισεν ὁ θεὸς ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ὕδατος, ὃ ἦν ὑποκάτω τοῦ στερεώματος καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ὕδατος τοῦ ἐπάνω τοῦ στερεώματος, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ στερέωμα οὐρανόν.

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Joannes Philoponus Phil., De opificio mundi. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4015.tlg011.local001/.