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δυσσυνέτων: hard to comprehend.

οὐκ ἄπειρός γε αὐτῶν ἦν: see on Θεόδωρος iv. 2. 10. In the Clouds, Aristophanes represents geometry as being taught in the school of Socrates.

ἱκανά: “calculated.”

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