PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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قطب ‘pole’

Arabic. – Grammar: n.

References: Alm. MS Leiden: I.3:32, f. 3v:7. – Alm. MS Tunis: I.3:32, f. 2v:24. – PH Morelon: I.8:3, 27:10. – Plan. Hyp.: II.5
Translation of:
Greek: πόλος [Alm. Heiberg: I.3, 10:23. – PH Heiberg: I.8:3, 80:18]
Translated into:
Latin: polus  [Alm. Gerard: I.3:32, f. 2rb:20]