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τῶν πρώτων λόγους ἐν τοῖς τῶν χωρίων ἀριθμοῖς, εἰς ἃ διῄρηται, περιέχον. τὰ μὲν οὖν ἓξ καὶ ὀκτὼ
τὸν ἐπίτριτον ἔχει; λόγον, ἐν ᾧ τὸ διὰ τεσσάρων
τὰ δ᾽ ἓξ καὶ ἐννέα τὸν ἡμιόλιον, ἐν τὸ.. διὰ πέντε:
τὰ δ᾽ ἓξ καὶ ιβ᾽ τὸν διπλάσιον, ἐν τὸ διὰ
[p. 185] πασῶν. ἔνεστι δὲ καὶ ὁ τοῦ τόνου
λόγος ἐπόγδοος
ὢν ἐν τοῖς ἐννέα καὶ ὀκτώ: διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἁρμονίαν
τὸν περιέχοντα τοὺς λόγους τούτους ἀριθμὸν ἐκάλεσαν.
ἑξάκις δὲ γενόμενος τὸν τῶν δέκα ποιεῖ
καὶ διακοσίων ἀριθμόν, ἐν ὅσαις ἡμέραις λέγεται
τὰ ἑπτάμηνα τῶν βρεφῶν τελεογονεῖσθαι.
πάλιν δ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἑτέρας ἀρχῆς, κατὰ πολλαπλασιασμὸν
ὁ μὲν δὶς γ᾽ τὸν σ᾽ ποιεῖ, ὁ δὲ τετράκις
[p. 186] ἐννέα τὸν τριακονταέξ, ὁ δ᾽ ὀκτάκις κζ᾽ τὸν σισ᾽
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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