PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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combine‘fit together’

English. – Grammar: v.

References: PH Hamm: I.1:3, 45:5
Translation of:
Greek: συνάπτω [PH Heiberg: I.1:3, 70:17-18; I.2:2, 72:14]
Synonyms:
fit together[PH Hamm: I.2:2, 45:20]