PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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μαθηματικός‘mathematical’

Greek. – Grammar: adj.

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.1, 5:7
Translated into:
Arabic: تعليميّة [Alm. MS Tunis: I.1:6, f. 1v: 25]
Arabic: العلم [Alm. MS Leiden: I.1:6, f. 2v:24]
Arabic: mathematicus [Alm. George: I.1:6, 4r:9]
Latin: mathematicus [Alm. Sicily: I.1:6, f. 1v:41]
Modern translations:
English: mathematical [Alm. Toomer: 35]