PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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species ‘form’

Latin. – Grammar: n.

References: Alm. Sicily: I.1:8, f. 1v:43
Translation of:
Greek: εἶδος [Alm. Heiberg: I.1, 5:11, 25]
Synonyms:
forma[Alm. Gerard: I.1:8, f. 1va:34]
forma[Alm. George: I.1:8, f. 4r:13]