PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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فضل‘overtaking’

Arabic. – Grammar: verb.

References: PH Morelon: I.5:4, 23:3
Translation of:
Greek: περικατάληψις [Alm. Heiberg: I.7, 24:13. – PH Heiberg: I.5:4, 78:4]
Modern translations:
French: dépasser [PH Morelon: I.5:4, 22:3]
German: übertreffen [PH Nix: I.5:4, 79:4]
Synonyms:
ما يدرك [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 5r]
ما يلحق[Alm. MS Tunis: ]