# De utilitate mathematicae 35

Theon Smyrnaeus, De utilitate mathematicae, Paragraph 35. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theon-smyrnaeus/de-utilitate-mathematicae/35

ἔτι τῶν ἀριθμῶν οἱ μὲν ἰσάκις ἴσοι τετράγωνοί εἰσιν, οἱ δὲ ἀνισάκις ἄνισοι ἑτερομήκεις καὶ προμήκεις, καὶ ἁπλῶς οἱ διχῶς πολλαπλασιαζόμενοι ἐπίπεδοι, οἱ δὲ τριχῶς στερεοί. λέγονται δὲ ἐπίπεδοι ἀριθμοὶ καὶ τρίγωνοι καὶ τετράγωνοι καὶ στερεοὶ καὶ τἆλλα οὐ κυ- ρίως ἀλλὰ καθʼ ὁμοιότητα τῶν χωρίων ἃ καταμετροῦ- σιν· ὁ γὰρ δ΄, ἐπεὶ τετράγωνον χωρίον καταμετρεῖ, ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ καλεῖται τετράγωνος, καὶ ὁ Ϛ΄ διὰ τὰ αὐτὰ ἑτερο- μήκης.

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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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