PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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ἰσημερινὸν σημεῖον‘equinoctial point’

Greek

References: Alm. Heiberg: II.4, 98:2; I.16, 85:3
Translated into:
Arabic: نقطة الاستواء [Alm. MS Tunis: 18a; 21b.5]
Arabic: نقطة معدّل النهار [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 14r]
Arabic: النقطة المعدّلة للنهار [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 16r]
Modern translations:
English: equinoctial point [Alm. Toomer: 73]
English: equinox [Alm. Toomer: 80]