ἔστι δὲ τῶν πολλαπλασίων λόγων πρῶτος καὶ ἐλάχιστος ὁ διπλάσιος, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον ὁ τριπλάσιος, εἶτα ὁ τετραπλάσιος, καὶ οὕτως οἱ ἑξῆς ἐπʼ ἄπειρον αἰεὶ
1 2 3 οἱ μείζονες. τῶν δʼ ἐπιμορίων λόγων πρῶτος καὶ μέ- γιστος ὁ ἡμιόλιος, ὅτι δὴ καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ μέρος πρῶτον καὶ μέγιστον καὶ ἐγγυτάτω τῷ ὅλῳ, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον ὁ ἐπίτριτος, καὶ ὁ ἐπιτέταρτος, καὶ οὕτω πάλιν ἐπʼ ἄπει-
ρον ἡ πρόοδος ἀεὶ ἐπʼ ἐλάττονος.
1 2 3 οἱ μείζονες. τῶν δʼ ἐπιμορίων λόγων πρῶτος καὶ μέ- γιστος ὁ ἡμιόλιος, ὅτι δὴ καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ μέρος πρῶτον καὶ μέγιστον καὶ ἐγγυτάτω τῷ ὅλῳ, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον ὁ ἐπίτριτος, καὶ ὁ ἐπιτέταρτος, καὶ οὕτω πάλιν ἐπʼ ἄπει-
ρον ἡ πρόοδος ἀεὶ ἐπʼ ἐλάττονος.
De utilitate mathematicae. Theon Smyrnaeus. ed. Eduardus Hiller. United States. 2016.
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