PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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إلى خلاف الناحية التي يتحرّك إليها العالم‘in the opposite direction of the revolution of the cosmos’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.11:8, 41:3-4
Translation of:
Greek: ἐπὶ τὰ ἐναντία τῇ τοῦ κόσμου περιστροφῇ [PH Heiberg: I.10:10, 88:15; I.11:8, 92:19-20; I.12:8, 96:22; I.13:8, 100:23-24]
Modern translations:
French: dans un sens contraire à celui du mouvement du monde [PH Morelon: I.11:18, 40:4]
German: nach der entgegengesetzten Richtung als sich die Welt bewegt [PH Nix: I.11:8, 93:19-20]
Synonyms:
على خلاف حركة العالم[PH Morelon: I.10:10, 35:20; I.12:8, 45:13; I.13:8, 49:19]