# Adversus mathematicos 95-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/95-3

εἶτα καὶ τὸ ἴσον λέγεται διχῶς, κατὰ ἕνα μὲν τρόπον τὸ ἰσομέγεθες καὶ μήτε ὑπερέχον ἐκείνου τοῦ ᾧ λέγεται ἴσον μήτε ὑπερεχόμενον, καθὸ καὶ τὸ πηχυαῖον ξύλον ἴσον εἶναι λέγομεν τῷ πηχυαίῳ, καθʼ ἕτερον δὲ τὸ ἔχον ἐξ ἴσου τὰ μέρη κείμενα, τουτέστι τὸ ὁμαλόν οὕτω γοῦν τὸ ‘ἴσον’ ἔδαφος καλοῦμεν ἀντὶ τοῦ ‘ὁμαλόν’.

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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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