PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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εἰς τὰ προηγούμενα τοῦ κόσμου‘in the advance direction of the cosmos’

Greek

References: PH Heiberg: I.9:9, 84:18-19; I.10:11, 88:29-30
Translated into:
Arabic: على خلاف توالي البروج [PH Morelon: I.9:9, 31:13-14; I.10:11, 37:8-9]
Modern translations:
English: in the advance direction of the cosmos [PH Hamm: I.9:9, 52:16-17; I.10:11, 55:9]