PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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أبعد من مركز الأرض‘further away from the Earth’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.10:4, 33:9
Translation of:
Greek: ἀπογειότερος [Harmony Düring: 3:10:9, 3:11:13,16. – PH Heiberg: I.10:4, 86:5-6; I.11:4, 90:25]
Modern translations:
French: plus éloigné de la terre [PH Morelon: I.10:4, 32:13]
German: vom Mittelpunkt der Erde entfernter [PH Nix: I.10:4, 87:31]
Synonyms:
أبعد من الأرض[PH Morelon: I.11:4, 39:9]