PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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τὸ τῆς κορυφῆς (τῆς σκιᾶς) ἄκρον‘tip of the shadow’

Greek

References: Alm. Heiberg: II.5, 101:5-6
Translated into:
Arabic: طرف رأس الظلّ [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 16v. – Alm. MS Tunis: 22a.20]
Modern translations:
English: the tip of the shadow [Alm. Toomer: 82]
Synonyms:
τὸ ἄκρον τῆς σκιᾶς[Alm. Heiberg: II.5, 99:1]