elem.10.def.1

Those magnitudes are said to be commensurable which are measured by the same measure, and those incommensurable which cannot have any common measure. Σύμμετρα μεγέθη λέγεται τὰ τῷ αὐτῷ μέτρῳ μετρούμενα, ἀσύμμετρα δέ, ὧν μηδὲν ἐνδέχεται κοινὸν μέτρον γενέσθαι.