PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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حالها إذا قيست بسطح من السطوح‘spatial ratios’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.2:1, 17:10-11
Translation of:
Greek: οἱ ἐπ΄εἴδους λόγοι [PH Heiberg: I.2:1, 72:10-11]
Modern translations:
French: leur situation lorsqu'elles sont faites dans l'une des surfaces [PH Morelon: I.2:1, 16:18-19]
German: ihr Verhalten, wenn sie zu irgend einer Ebene in Beziehung treten [PH Nix: I.2:1, 73:14-15]