PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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الوضع الحقيقي‘assume, establish (in reality, as model)’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.1:4, 17:3
Translation of:
Greek: ὑπόκειμαι [PH Heiberg: I.1:4, 70:21; I.4:4, 76:13]
Modern translations:
French: la situation vraie [PH Morelon: I.1:4, 16:5]
German: der wahre Grund [PH Nix: I.1:4, 71:29]
Synonyms:
جُعل[PH Morelon: I.4:4, 21:8]
وضع[PH Heiberg: I.5:1, 21:13]