PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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نقطة الاستواء ‘equinoctial point’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Tunis: 18a; 21b.5
Translation of:
Greek: ἰσημερινὸν σημεῖον [Alm. Heiberg: II.4, 98:2; I.16, 85:3]
Synonyms:
النقطة المعدّلة للنهار[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 16r]
نقطة معدّل النهار[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 14r]