PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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قطع ‘divide’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Tunis:
Translation of:
Greek: διαιρῶ [Alm. Heiberg: I.5, 18:24-25]
Synonyms:
trennen und zerlegen[PH Nix: I.2:2, 73:19]
قسم[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 24v.21. – Alm. MS Tunis: 31a.18]
قسم وفصل[PH Morelon: I.2:2, 17:12]