PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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عمود...قائم‘perpendicular’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Leiden: f. 7r
Translation of:
Greek: κάθετος [Alm. Heiberg: I.10, 39:12; I.13, 71:4]
Synonyms:
عمود[Alm. MS Tunis: ]
قائم ... على زاوية قائمة[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 10v]
قائم ... على زوايا قائمة[Alm. MS Tunis: ]