PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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περιγειότατον‘closer to the Earth’

Greek. – Grammar: superlative form of the adj. περίγειος.

References: Alm. Heiberg: III.3, 217:14
Translated into:
Arabic: موضع البعد الأقرب من الأرض [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 38v]
Modern translations:
English: perigee [Alm. Toomer: 141]
Synonyms:
περιγειότατος[TB Hübner: I.2:80, H6; Ι.4:427, H25]
περιγειότερος[Handy Tables: 182:2. – Harmony Düring: 3:10:10, 3:11:13,17. – PH Heiberg: I.10:5, 86:13; I.11:4, 90:21]