PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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أضلاع (المثلث) ... يساوي أضلاع (المثلث)‘congruent’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Leiden: f. 20r.12-13
Translation of:
Greek: ἰσόπλευρα (τρίγωνα) [Alm. Heiberg: II.7, 119:7]
Synonyms:
أضلاع (المثلث) ... مساوية لأضلاع (المثلث)[Alm. MS Tunis: 26b.9-10]