PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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وقت /زمان اعتدالي ‘equinoctial time-degree’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Tunis: 16b
Translation of:
Greek: ἰσημερινὸς χρόνος [Alm. Heiberg: I.16, 82:6]
Synonyms:
زمان الساعات المعتدلة[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 13r]