PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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restoring each of the motions to its respective epoch ‘restoring each of the motions to its respective epoch’

English

References: PH Hamm: I.1:3, 45:3-4
Translation of:
Greek: ἑκάστη τῶν κινήσεων ἐπὶ τὰς οἰκείας ἐποχὰς ἀποκαθισταμένη [PH Heiberg: I.1:3, 70:15-16]