PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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إلى الناحية التي يتحرّك إليها العالم‘in the same direction as the revolution of the cosmos’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.10:8, 35:13; I.13:6, 49:12
Translation of:
Greek: ἐπὶ τὰ αὐτὰ τῇ τοῦ κόσμου περιστροφῇ [PH Heiberg: I.10:8, 88:4-5; I.13:6, 100:13]
Modern translations:
French: dans le sens du mouvement du monde [PH Morelon: I.10:8, 34:16-17; I.13:6, 48:18]
German: in der Richtung, in der sich die Welt bewegt [PH Nix: I.13:6, 101:16]
German: in derselben Richtung wie die der Welt [PH Nix: I.10:8, 89:8]