# Adversus mathematicos 142

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/142

Αὐτίκα τοίνυν ὅταν τῶν ὀνομάτων τὰ μὲν ἀρσενικὰ φύσει λέγωσι τὰ δὲ θηλυκὰ τὰ δὲ οὐδέτερα, καὶ τὰ μὲν ἑνικὰ τῷ ἀριθμῷ τὰ δὲ δυϊκὰ τὰ δὲ πληθυντικά, καὶ ἤδη τὰς ἄλλας ἐπισυνείρωσι διαιρέσεις, ἐπιζητήσωμεν τί ποτέ ἐστι τὸ ἐπιφωνούμενον τοῦτο ‘φύσειʼ.

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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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