PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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γραμμικῶς ‘geometrically’

Greek. – Grammar: adv.

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.9, 31:5
Translated into:
Arabic: من قبل حطوط المساحة [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 6r]
Arabic: من قبل الخطوط [Alm. MS Tunis: ]
Modern translations:
English: geometrically [Alm. Toomer: 47]