PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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equidistans ‘parallel’

Latin. – Grammar: adj.

References: Alm. Gerard: I.3:30, f. 2r:7; I.13:185, f. 11ra:26
Translation of:
Arabic: موازي [Alm. MS Leiden: I.3:30, f. 3v:1]
Arabic: متوازي [Alm. MS Leiden: I.13:185, f. 11r:17. – Alm. MS Tunis: I.13:185, f. 11v:24]