PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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περίμετρος‘circumference’

Greek. – Grammar: n.

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.10, 31:11
Translated into:
Arabic: محيط الدائرة [Alm. MS Tunis: ]
Arabic: الدائرة [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 6r]
Modern translations:
English: circumference [Alm. Toomer: 48]
Synonyms:
περιφέρεια[Alm. Heiberg: I.13, 70:19. – PH Heiberg: I.3:1, 74:7]