PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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ὁ διὰ μέσων τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλος‘ecliptic’

Greek

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.5, 18:23-24; I.13, 68:17-18
Translated into:
Arabic: خطّ فلك وسط البروج [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 11r]
Arabic: الدائرة التي تمرّ على أوساط البروج [Alm. MS Tunis: ]
Arabic: خطّ وسط نطاق البروج [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 4v]
Arabic: الدائرة التي تمرّ في وسط البروج [Alm. MS Tunis: ]
Modern translations:
English: ecliptic [Alm. Toomer: 42]
English: ecliptic [Alm. Toomer: 42]
Synonyms:
λοξὸς κύκλος[Alm. Heiberg: I.2, 8:22; I.14, 76:11; I.16, 82:5, 12]
ὁ λοξὸς καὶ διὰ μέσων τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλος[Alm. Heiberg: I.12, 64:4]