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Kaynjjeajs ye jLti^ ovar}? ovr av iropela ovre vevais 



ovT€ TTTTJGLg tJv . TO, [xev yoLp VTTOTToSa eTTeihr] eV 



eKarepcp rcbv dvrLK€LfjL€vojv crKeXcbv iv fxepei tararat 



Kal TO ^dpos Igx^l, dvayKolov daripov npo- 



30 ^alvovTOS Oarepov TTOieladaL KaiJLifjLV. tea re yap 



7re(f)VKev e^^iv toj fjnqKei to. dvTLGroL)(a Ka)Xa, Kal 



opdov Set elvai to v^€Gt6s rep ^dp€L, olov Kdderov 



77/30? rr]v yrjv. orav he rrpo^aivr], yiverai r) 



709 a vTroreivovGa Kal hwafievr] ro pievov pieyedos Kal 



TTjv pLera^v. i-TTel 8' Lcra rd /ccoAa, dvdyKY] Kdpbipai 



TO piivov, t) €V TO) yovari t) iv rfj Kdpupei, olov 



et TL dyovarov etrj rcov ^ahit^ovrcov. GrjpieZov 8' 



5 ort ovr cog '^X^^' ^^ 7^9 '^^^ ^^ yfi^ /SaSi^ot irapd 



TOLXpv, r) ypa(f)opL6vrj eorai ovk evdela dXXd GKoAta, 



Sid ro iXdrroj puev KdpnTrovros yiveoOai rrjv 



ypa^oix€vr]v, pLel^co 8' lorapievov Kal l^aipovros. 



'Ei'8e;^eTat piivroi KLveladaL Kal pLrj exovros /ca/x- 



TTrjv rod OKeXovg, coCTTrep rd Traihia eprrovuLV. Kal 



10 TTepl rojv iXecfidi'raji' 6 TraAatos" 17^' Aoyo? roiovros, 



OVK dXr]Orjg div. Kiveirai 8e Kal rd roiavra 



Kdpupeojg yivopLevrjs iv ralg (hpLOTrXdrais 7) rols 



lax^oig. aAA' opdov ovhev hvvair* dv TTopevdyjvaL 



GVV€xd)9 Kal dG(f)aXa)s, Kiviqdeiy] 8' dv olov iv 



rals TTaXaiorpais ol 8ta rr^? Kovea^s rrpo'Covres irrl 



rcbv yovdrcov. ttoXv ydp rd dvco piipog, ojore 



1 ej/ 777 libri : locus corruptus et lacuna mutilatus, 



«» It does not actually do so because it is not long enough 

 to reach the ground : and so, as is explained below, the other 

 leg must be bent to enable it to do so. 



*" Ai'i'afXLs in mathematics is used of a "power," generally 

 the second power, i.e. the square of a number : similarly in 

 geometry duvafiis and bvvaimi are used of the figure which 



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