PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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κύκλος‘circle’

Greek. – Grammar: n.

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.8, 27:22:..; I.10, 34:5,14. – PH Heiberg: I.2:3, 72:20; I.2:4, 72:23
Translated into:
Arabic: فلك [PH Morelon: I.2:3, 17:16]
Arabic: دائرة [PH Morelon: I.2:4, 17:19]
Arabic: دائِرة [Alm. MS Tunis: ]
Arabic: فلك [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 5v]
Modern translations:
English: circle [PH Hamm: I.2:3, 46:5; I.2:4, 46:8]
English: circle [Alm. Toomer: 46]