# Adversus mathematicos 131

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/131

Ἀνάλογον δὲ τούτοις ἐστὶ καὶ τὰ περὶ λέξεως καὶ τῶν τοῦ λόγου μερῶν ἀπορεῖσθαι ὀφείλοντα. πρῶτον μὲν γάρ, ὡς μικρῷ πρότερον (§ 123) ὑπεδείκνυμεν, μὴ οὔσης συλλαβῆς μηδὲ λέξιν εἶναι δυνατόν ἐκ συλλαβῶν γὰρ αἱ λέξεις λαμβάνουσι τὴν ὑπόστασιν. εἶτα καὶ κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔφοδον ἐξέσται προηγουμένως ἐπʼ αὐτῆς τῆς λέξεως τὰς αὐτὰς χειρίζειν ἀπορίας. ἢ γὰρ συλλαβή ἐστιν ἢ ἐκ συλ- λαβῶν συνέστηκεν ὅπως δʼ ἂν ἔχῃ, τὰς ἐκκειμένας ἡμῖν ἐπὶ τῆς συλλαβῆς ἀπορίας ἐπιδέξεται.

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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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