# Adversus mathematicos 102

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, ΠΡΟΣ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΙΚΟΥΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/102

τῶν δέ συμφώνων τὰ μὲν ἡμίφωνά ἐστι κατʼ αὐτοὺς τὰ δὲ ἄφωνα, καὶ ἡμίφωνα μὲν ὅσα διʼ αὑτῶν ῥοῖζον ἢ σιγμὸν ἢ μγμὁν ἤ τινα παραπλήσιον ἦχον κατὰ τὴν ἐκφώνησιν ἀποτελεῖν πεφυκότα, καθάπερ τὸ ζ θ λ μ ν ξ ρ σ φ χ ψ, ἢ ὥς τινες, χιορὶς τοῦ θ καὶ φ καὶ χ τὰ λειπόμενα ὀκτώ ἄφ ωνα δέ ἐστι τὰ μήτε συλλαβὰς καθʼ ἑαυτὰ ποιεῖν δυνά- μενα μήτε ἤχων ἰδιότητας, αὐτὰ δὲ μόνον μετὰ τῶν ἄλ- λων συνεκφωνούμενα, καθάπερ β γ δ κ π τ, ὡς ἔνιοι, καὶ τὸ θ φ χ.

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Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, ed. Hermann Mutschmann, Jürgen Mau. 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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