PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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كثير الاختلاف ‘complex’

Arabic. – Grammar: adj.

References: Plan. Hyp.: II.6
Modern translations:
German: mehrfach anomalistisch [PH Nix: II.6, 118]
Synonyms:
كثيرة الأنواع[PH Morelon: I.5:1, 21:14]