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dulcarnon

dulcarnon [Ar.dhū’l-qarnayn = possessor of two horns] , Pythagoras’ theorem. probat Pythagore ~on, quadratum descriptum juxta diametrum esse duplum ad quadratum descriptum juxta costam [gl.: ~on nomen est figure sed et theorematis quod ponitur in primo libro Euclidis; et dicitur a dulia, id est a servitute carnis, tauri sc. quem immolavit Jovi ob inventionem dicte speculationis] Neckam NR II 173 p. 295; necessario erit mihi nota linea OD per ~on, que est penultima primi, quia, si quadravero ED et EO et conjungam utrumque numerum, illius radix est quantitas linee OD Wallingf. (Quad.) I 38.

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