PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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culmination ‘culmination’

English

References: Alm. Toomer: 42
Translation of:
Greek: μεσουράνησις [Alm. Heiberg: I.5, 18:9]
Synonyms:
lower culmination[Alm. Toomer: 76]
upper culmination[Alm. Toomer: 76]