PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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ἁπαλόν‘soft’

Greek. – Grammar: adj used as noun.

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.1, 5:21
Translated into:
Arabic: لين [Alm. MS Tunis: I.1:30, f. 2r:2]
Modern translations:
English: soft [Alm. Toomer: 36]