PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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περιγειότερος‘closer to the Earth’

Greek. – Grammar: comparative form of the adj. περίγειος.

References: Handy Tables: 182:2. – Harmony Düring: 3:10:10, 3:11:13,17. – PH Heiberg: I.10:5, 86:13; I.11:4, 90:21
Translated into:
Arabic: أقرب إلى الأرض [PH Morelon: I.10:5, 33:14-15]
Arabic: أقرب من الأرض [PH Morelon: I.11:4, 39:6-7]
Modern translations:
English: closer to the Earth [PH Hamm: I.10:5, 53:18; I.11:4, 56:5]
Synonyms:
περιγειότατον[Alm. Heiberg: III.3, 217:14]
περιγειότατος[TB Hübner: I.2:80, H6; Ι.4:427, H25]