Poetics 1.7 1447a28–1447b9
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Ἡ δὲ ἐποποιία μόνον τοῖς λόγοις ψιλοῖς ἢ τοῖς μέτροις , καὶ τούτοις εἴτε μιγνῦσα μετ᾿ ἀλλήλων , εἴθ᾿ ἑνί τινι γένει χρωμένη τῶν μέτρων τυγχάνουσα μέχρι τοῦ νῦν .
ammā baʿḍuhā fa-bi-l-kalāmi l-manthūri s-sāriḥi aktharu aw bi-l-awzāni wa-tuḥākī hiya hādhihi immā wa-hiya mukhliṭatun wa-immā bi-an tastaʿmila jinsan wāḥidan wa-bi-l-awzāni allatī hiya bilā tasmiyatin ilā l-azmina [ for illā l-azmata ? ] .
As for some of them , [ they do so ] by plain speech in prose for the most part or by meters , and they imitate these either by mixing or by using a single kind and by meters that that are without denomination except until [ these ] times .