PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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κατὰ διάμετρον τμήματα‘diametrically opposite’

Greek

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.12, 64:22
Translated into:
Arabic: جزين متقاطرين [Alm. MS Tunis: ]
Arabic: موضعين متقابلين [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 10v]
Modern translations:
English: diametrically opposite [Alm. Toomer: 62]
Synonyms:
διαμετροῦσα (μοίρα)[Alm. Heiberg: II.9, 142:12; II.9, 142:14]
κατὰ διάμετρον[Alm. Heiberg: I.5, 19:24]
τὸ κατὰ διάμετρον (σημεῖον)[Alm. Heiberg: I.12, 64:14]