# Synagoge 18-2

Pappus Alexandrinus, Synagoge, ΠΑΠΠΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΣ ΣΥΝΑΓΩΓΗΣ Γ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pappus-alexandrinus/synagoge/18-2

18 Ϛ΄ Τούτου δειχθέντος ἡ Α πρὸς Β ἐλάσσονα λόγον ἐχέτω ἤπερ ἡ ∠ πρὸς Ε, ἐχέτω δὲ καὶ ἡ Β πρὸς Γ ἐλάσσονα λόγον ἤπερ ἡ Ε πρὸς Ζ· ὅτι καὶ διʼ ἴσου ἡ Α πρὸς Γ ἐλάσσονα λύγον ἔχει ἤπερ ἡ ∠ πρὸς Ζ. Ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἡ Α πρὸς Β ἐλάσσονα λόγον ἔχει ἤπερ ἡ ∠ πρὸς Ε, ἐναλλὰξ ἡ Α πρὸς ∠ ἐλάσσονα λόγον ἔχει ἤπερ ἡ Β πρὸς Ε. διὰ τὰ αὐτὰ καὶ ἡ Β πρὸς Ε ἐλάσσονα λόγον ἐχει ἤπερ ἡ Γ πρὸς Ζ. ἐπεὶ οὖν Α πρὸς ∠ πολλῷ ἐλάσσονα λόγον ἔχι. ἤπερ ἡ Γ πρὸς Ζ, ἐναλλὰξ ἡ Α πρὸς Γ ἐλάσσονα λόγον ἔχει ἤπερ ἡ ∠ πρὸς Ζ, ὅπερ ~ .

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Pappus Alexandrinus, Synagoge, 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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