PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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which is what it was required to prove ‘Q.E.D.’

English

References: Alm. Toomer: 17; 17; 17; 17
Translation of:
Greek: ὅπερ προέκειτο δεῖξαι [Alm. Heiberg: I.13, 69:20; I.13, 76:9]
Greek: ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι [Alm. Heiberg: I.13, 71:13; I.14, 78:24]