# Adversus mathematicos 245-246

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, 245 to 246. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/245

τοίνυν ὡς ταῦτα χωρίς ἐτυμολογίας πεπίστευται διότι ἐστὶν ἑλληνικά, τῆς συνηθείας αὐτοῖς χρωμένης, οὕτω καὶ τὸ προσκεφάλαιον δίχα ἐτυμολογίας ἔσται πιστόν. ἄλλως τε ἐνίοτε τὸ αὐτὸ πρᾶγμα δυσὶν ὀνόμασι καλεῖται, τῷ μὲν ἐτυμολογίαν ἐπιδεχομένῳ τῷ δὲ ἀνετυμολογήτῳ, καὶ οὐ διὰ τοῦτο τὸ μὲν ἔτυμον λέγεται ἑλληνικὸν τὸ δέ ἀνέτυμον βαρβαρικόν, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐκεῖνο ἑλληνικόν, οὕτω καὶ τοῦτο· οἷον τὸ ὑφοʼ ἡμῶν καλούμενον ὑποπόδιον θηναῖοι καὶ Κῷοι χελωνίδα καλοῦσιν ἀλλὰ ἔστι τὸ μὲν ὑποπόδιον ἔτυμον, ἡ δέ χελωνὶς ἀνέτυμον, καὶ οὐ διὰ τοῦτο οἱ μὲν Πθηναῖοι λέγονται βαρβαρίζειν ἡμεῖς δέ ἑλληνίζειν, ἀλλʼ ἀμφότεροι ἑλληνίζειν.

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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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