# Adversus mathematicos 72-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/72-3

ὅταν γὰρ ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ κέντρου ἀγο- μένη εὐθεῖα στρέφηται καὶ διʼ ἑαυτῆς καταγράφῃ κύ- κλον, τότε ἤτοι κατὰ πάντων τῶν μερῶν τοῦ ἐντὸς τῆς περιφερείας πλάτους φέρεται ἡ εὐθεῖα γραμμή, ἢ οὐ κατὰ πάντων ἀλλὰ κατὰ τινῶν. καὶ εἰ μὲν κατὰ τινῶν φέρε- ται, οὐδὲ καταγράφει κύκλον, καθʼ ὧν μὲν μερῶν φερο- μένη καθʼ ὧν δὲ οὔ. εἰ δὲ κατὰ πάντων φέρεται, ὅλον τὸ τῆς περιφερείας καταμετρήσει πλάτος,

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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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