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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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ἀπογειότερος‘further away from the Earth’

Greek. – Grammar: comparative form of the adj. ἀπόγειος.

References: Harmony Düring: 3:10:9, 3:11:13,16. – PH Heiberg: I.10:4, 86:5-6; I.11:4, 90:25
Translated into:
Arabic: أبعد من مركز الأرض [PH Morelon: I.10:4, 33:9]
Arabic: أبعد من الأرض [PH Morelon: I.11:4, 39:9]
Modern translations:
English: further away from the Earth [PH Hamm: I.11:4, 53:12]
English: further from the Earth [PH Hamm: I.11:4, 56:8]