κα΄.
Τὸ δοθὲν μῆκος ἐπιγνῶναι, πηλίκον ἐστίν. ἔστω γάρ, ὃ δεῖ μῆκος ἐπιγνῶναι, πηλίκον ἐστίν, τὸ ΒΓ. κείσθω δὴ ὄμμα τὸ ∠, ἀφʼ οὗ προσπιπτέτωσαν σαν ἀκτῖνες αἱ ∠Β, ∠Γ, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἤχθω παρὰ τὴν ΒΓ ἡ ΖΚ. οὐκοῦν ἐστιν, ὡς ἡ ΖΚ πρὸς Κ∠,
ἡ ΒΓ πρὸς Γ∠. γνώριμος δὲ ὁ τῆς Ζ Κ πρὸς Κ∠ λόγος· γνώριμος ἄρα καὶ ὁ τῆς ΒΓ πρὸς Γ∠ λόγος. καὶ γνώριμος ἡ Γ∠ γνώριμος ἄρα καὶ ἡ ΓΒ.
ἡ ΒΓ πρὸς Γ∠. γνώριμος δὲ ὁ τῆς Ζ Κ πρὸς Κ∠ λόγος· γνώριμος ἄρα καὶ ὁ τῆς ΒΓ πρὸς Γ∠ λόγος. καὶ γνώριμος ἡ Γ∠ γνώριμος ἄρα καὶ ἡ ΓΒ.
Opticorum recensio Theonis. Euclid. ed. Johan Ludvig Heiberg, ed. Heinrich Menge. United States. 2018.
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