PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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كريّة‘like a sphere’

Arabic. – Grammar: adj.

References: Alm. MS Leiden: I.3:28, f. 3r:34. – Alm. MS Tunis: I.3:28, f. 2v:17
Translation of:
Greek: σφαιροειδῶς [Alm. Heiberg: I.3t]
Translated into:
Arabic: spericus [Alm. Gerard: I.3:28, f. 2ra:49]
Synonyms:
spericus[Alm. Gerard: I.3:28, f. 2ra:49]