PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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ὁ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ἀστήρ ‘Mercury’

Greek

References: PH Heiberg: I.7:1, 78:16
Translated into:
Arabic: كوكب عطارد [PH Morelon: I.7:1, 23:15]
Modern translations:
English: the star of Mercury [PH Hamm: I.7:1, 49:8]
Synonyms:
Ἑρμῆς[PH Heiberg: I.10:1, 84:24]