PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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equinoctial day ‘equinoctial day’

English

References: Alm. Toomer: 42; 78
Translation of:
Greek: ἰσημερινὴ ἡμέρα [Alm. Heiberg: II.3, 94:2-3]
Greek: ἰσημερία [Alm. Heiberg: I.5, 18:1]