# Adversus mathematicos 244

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/244

εἰ δὲ ἐπί τινα τῶν ἀνετύμως κειμένων ὀνο- μιάτων καταλήγοι τὸ ἐτυμολογούμενον ὄνομα, ὅν τρόπον ἐκεῖνα τὰ εἰς ὅ κατέληξεν οὐ διότι ἔστιν ἔτυμα παραδεξό- μεθα, ἀλλὰ διότι τέτριπται κατὰ τὴν συνήθειαν, οὕτω καὶ τὸ διʼ ἐτυμολογίας κρινόμενον παραδεξόμεθα οὐ διὰ τὴν ἐτυμολογίαν ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ σύνηθες. οἷον προσκεφά- λαιον ἀπὸ τοῦ τῇ κεφαλῇ προστίθεσθαι εἴρηται, ἡ δέ κε- φαλὴ καὶ τὸ πρός, ὅ ἐστι πρόθεσις, ἀνετύμως κέκληται.

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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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