PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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خلاف ‘variation’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.2:3, 17:18
Translation of:
Greek: παραλλαγή [PH Heiberg: I.2:3, 72:23]
Modern translations:
French: contradiction [PH Morelon: I.2:3, 16:32]
German: abweichen (v) [PH Nix: I.2:3, 73:32]