PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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(دائرة) يكون مركزها مركز هذا الفلك‘concentric’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.3:2, 19:6-7
Translation of:
Greek: ὁμόκεντρος [PH Heiberg: I.3:2, 74:9]
Modern translations:
French: (un cercle) dont le centre est celui de cet orbe [PH Morelon: I.3:2, 18:9-10]
German: (ein Kreis) dessen Mittelpunkt der Mittelpunkt dieser Sphäre ist [PH Nix: I.3:2, 75:12]
Synonyms:
مخطوط على مركزه[PH Morelon: I.3:3, 19:10]
مركزه مركزه[PH Morelon: I.11:7, 39:19]