PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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μεσουράνησις‘culmination’

Greek. – Grammar: n.

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.5, 18:9
Translated into:
Arabic: وسط السماء [Alm. MS Tunis: ]
Modern translations:
English: culmination [Alm. Toomer: 42]
Synonyms:
ὑπὲρ γῆν μεσουράνησις[Alm. Heiberg: II.2, 90:23]
ὑπὸ γῆν μεσουράνησις[Alm. Heiberg: II.2, 90:25]