Because no quantitative values were assigned to magnitudes, Eudoxus was then able to account for both commensurable and incommensurable ratios by defining a ratio in terms of its magnitude, and proportion as an equality between two ratios.
Falas tamɣar tajen wala iyat war tətwəhaka ye tamɣaren, Eudoxe eqal dǎɣ tadabit tənna təjat ən ijitan atiwəsəntanen ad waren atwəsəta dǎɣ alaɣi iji ən təlat ən təmɣar, ad anəhəj sund migdahaw jar assin ijitan.