# Adversus mathematicos 161

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/161

Ὁ οὖν μερίζων τινὰ στίχον τὰ μὲν ἀφαιρεῖ τὰ δὲ προσ- τίθησι, καὶ ἀφαμιρεῖ μὲν τὸ μῆνιν, εἰ τύχοι, χρίζων τοῦ παντὸς στίχου, καὶ πάλιν τὸ ἄειδε καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ μέρη, προστίθησι δὲ τοῖς κατὰ συναλοιφὴν ἐκφερομένοις, οἷον τῷ ‘αἶμʼ ἐμέωνʼ (Hom. Ο 11) τὸ α, τὸ γὰρ πλῆρες ἦν ‘αἶμα ἐμέωνʼ, καὶ πάλιν τῷ ‘βῆ δʼ ἀκέωνʼ (Hom. Α 34) τὸ ε, κατὰ γὰρ ἐκπλήρωσιν οὕτως εἶχε ‘βῆ δὲ ἀκέων.’ μηδενὸς μέντοι μήτε ἀφαμιρεῖσθαι δυναμένου ἀπό τινος μήτε προστίθεσθαί τινι πεφυκότος ἀδύνατος γίνεται ὁ κατὰ γραμματικὴν μερισμός. Περὶ ἀφαιρέσεως

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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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