PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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اعتدل الليل والنهار‘equinox’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Leiden: f. 5v
Translation of:
Greek: ἰσημερία [Alm. Heiberg: I.5, 17:15; II.6, 102:21-22; I.8, 26:22]
Synonyms:
استواء الليل والنهار[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 4r]
اعتدل النهار والليل [Alm. MS Tunis: ]
الاستواء[Alm. MS Tunis: 22b.margin]
نقطة الاعتدال[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 17r]
يستوي النهار والليل[Alm. MS Tunis: ]