PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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ποικίλος ‘complex’

Greek. – Grammar: adj.

References: PH Heiberg: I.5:1, 76:22
Translated into:
Arabic: كثيرة الأنواع [PH Morelon: I.5:1, 21:14]
Modern translations:
English: complex [PH Hamm: I.5:1, 48:8]