The Word "Catas-Q-I"
The word we translate construction
in the original Greek of Euclid is:
KATASKEUH
(pronounced catas-Q-A),
in the nominative singular. The plural is:
KATASKEUAI
(pronounced catas-Q-I).
Cf. Heath, v.1 p. 129, re Proclus.
Revised 06 December 1999 by Ralph Abraham
abraham@vismath.org
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