PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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على ما يتلو من (فلك) البروج‘in the trailing direction of the cosmos’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.8:2, 27:6; I.9:10, 31:18; I.12:4, 43:13
Translation of:
Greek: εἰς τὰ ἐπόμενα τοῦ κόσμου [PH Heiberg: I.8:2, 80:10-11; I.9:10, 84:20-21; I.10:11, 88:26-27; I.12:4, 94:26]
Modern translations:
French: dans le sens des signes [PH Morelon: I.8.2, 26:7-8]
German: in der Aufeinanderfolge/ gemäß der Reihenfolge der Zeichen [PH Nix: I.8:2, 81:11-12]
Synonyms:
على توالي البروج[PH Morelon: I.10:11, 37:4-5]