# Adversus mathematicos 13-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/13-4

ὡρο- σκόπος μὲν οὖν ἐστιν ὅπερ ἔτυχεν ἀνίσχειν καθʼ ὅν χρό- νον ἡ γένεσις συνετελεῖτο, μεσουράνημα δὲ τὸ ἀπʼ ἐκείνου τέταρτον ζῴδιον σὺν αὐτῷ ἐκείνῳ, δῦνον δὲ τὸ διαμε- τροῦν τὸν ὡροσκόπον, ὑπὸ γῆν δὲ καὶ ἀντιμεσουράνημα τὸ διαμετροῦν τὸ μεσουράνημα, οἷον (ἔσται γὰρ σαφὲς ἐπὶ παραδείγματος) καρκίνου ὡροσκοποῦντος μεσουρα- νεῖ μὲν κριός, δύνει δὲ αἰγόκερως, ὑπὸ γῆν δέ ἐστι ζυγός.

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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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