# Adversus mathematicos 247

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/247

τοίνυν ὡς ἐκεῖνοι διὰ τὴν συνήθειαν καὶ οὐ διὰ τὴν τοῦ ὀνόματος ἐτυμότητα λέγονται ἑλληνίζειν, οὕτω καὶ ἡμεῖς διὰ τὸ ἐν τῇ αὐτῶν συνηθείᾳ τετριμμένον ἔχειν τὸ τοιοῦτον ὄνομα καὶ οὐ διὰ τὴν τῆς ἐτυμολογίας πίστιν ἑλληνιοῦμεν. Ἀλλ ὅτι μὲν τὸ τεχνικὸν μέρος τῆς γραμματικῆς ἀνυ- πόστατόν ἐστιν, αὐτάρκος ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων δέδεικται· χωυρῶμεν δὲ ἀκολούθως καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἱστορικόν. Εὶ σ ύσ τατον τὸ ἱστ ορικύν

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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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