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καὶ ἀπὸ μὲν τοῦ ἑνὸς αὐτῶν δεδομένον μέγεθος ἀφαι- ρεθῇ, τῷ δὲ ἑτέρῳ αὐτῶν δεδομένον μέγεθος προστεθῇ, τὸ ὅλον τοῦ λοιποῦ δοθέντι μεῖζον ἔσται ἢ ἐν λόγῳ.
ρήσθω τὸ ΓΕ, τῷ δὲ ΑΒ δεδομένον μέγεθος προσ- κείσθω τὸ ΖΑ. λέγω, ὅτι ὅλον τὸ ΖΒ τοῦ λοιποῦ τοῦ ΕΔ δοθέντι μεῖζόν ἐστιν ἢ ἐν λόγῳ.
ἄρα καὶ τοῦ ΑΗ πρὸς τὸ ΓΕ δοθείς· δοθὲν δὲ τὸ ΓΕ· δοθὲν ἄρα καὶ τὸ ΑΗ. ἔστι δὲ καὶ τὸ ΑΖ δοθέν· ὅλον ἄρα τὸ ΖΗ δοθέν ἐστιν. καὶ ἐπεὶ ὡς τὸ ΑΒ πρὸς τὸ ΓΔ, οὕτως τὸ ΑΗ πρὸς ΓΕ, καὶ λοιποῦ τοῦ ΗΒ πρὸς λοιπὸν τὸ ΕΔ λόγος ἐστὶ δοθείς. 1 2 καί ἐστι δοθὲν τὸ ΗΖ· τὸ ΖΒ ἄρα τοῦ ΕΔ δοθέντι μεῖζόν ἐστιν ἢ ἐν λόγῳ.
Data. Euclid. ed. Johan Ludvig Heiberg, ed. Heinrich Menge. United States. 2016.
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