# De utilitate mathematicae 18

Theon Smyrnaeus, De utilitate mathematicae, Paragraph 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theon-smyrnaeus/de-utilitate-mathematicae/18

τῶν δὲ ἀρτίων οἱ μέν εἰσιν ἀρτιάκις ἄρτιοι, οἱ δὲ κεριττάκις ἄρτιοι, οἱ δὲ ἀρτιοπέριττοι. ἀρτιάκις μὲν ἄρ- τιοι [τὸ σημεῖον τοῦτό ἐστιν] οἷς τρία συμβέβηκεν, ἓν τὸ ὑπὸ δύο ἀρτίων ἐπʼ ἀλλήλους πολυπλασιασθέντων γεγενῆσθαι, δεύτερον τὸ πάντα ἄρτια ἔχειν τὰ μέρη μέχρι τῆς εἰς μονάδα καταλήξεως, τρίτον τὸ μηδὲν αὐ- τῶν μέρος ὁμώνυμον εἶναι περιττῷ· ὁποῖοί εἰσιν ὁ λβ΄ ξδʹ ρκηʹ καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ τούτων ἑξῆς κατὰ τὸ διπλάσιον λαμβανόμενοι. τὰ γὰρ λβʹ γέγονε μὲν ἔκ τε δʹ καὶ ηʹ, ἅ ἐστιν ἄρτια· μέρη δὲ αὐτῶν πάντα ἄρτια, ἥμισυ ιϛʹ, τέταρτον ὁ ηʹ, ὄγδοον ὁ δʹ· αὐτά τε τὰ μόρια ὁμώνυμα ἀρτίοις, τό τε ἥμισυ ὡς ἐν δυάδι θεωρούμενον καὶ τέταρτον καὶ ὄγδοον. ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς λόγος καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ὁμοίως ἀριθμῶν.

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Theon Smyrnaeus, De utilitate mathematicae, ed. Eduardus Hiller. 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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