PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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παρατήρησις ‘observation’

Greek. – Grammar: n.

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.3, 10:5. – PH Heiberg: I.2:1, 72:9
Translated into:
Arabic: مقياس [Alm. MS Leiden: I.3:29, f. 3r:39]
Arabic: رَصْد [PH Morelon: I.2:1, 17:9]
Modern translations:
English: observation [Alm. Toomer: 38]
English: observation [PH Hamm: I.2:1, 45:17]
Synonyms:
τήρησις[Alm. Heiberg: I.2, 9:15; I.6, 20:11]