PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

_ (the underscore) is the placeholder for exactly one character.
% (the percent sign) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character.
%% (two percent signs) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character, but not for blank space (so that a search ends at word boundaries).

At the beginning and at the end, these placeholders are superfluous.

diameter ‘diameter’

English

References: Alm. Toomer: 48. – PH Hamm: I.10:3, 53:9
Translation of:
Greek: διάμετρος [Alm. Heiberg: I.10, 31:14, 32:10-11. – PH Heiberg: I.10:3, 86:2]