PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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with the same center ‘concentric’

English

References: PH Hamm: I.3:3, 46:21
Translation of:
Greek: περὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κέντρον [PH Heiberg: I.3:3, 74:13; I.11:7, 92:12-13]
Synonyms:
around the same center[PH Hamm: I.11:7, 56:22]
concentric[PH Hamm: I.3:2, 46:18]