PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

_ (the underscore) is the placeholder for exactly one character.
% (the percent sign) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character.
%% (two percent signs) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character, but not for blank space (so that a search ends at word boundaries).

At the beginning and at the end, these placeholders are superfluous.

position ‘position’

English

References: Alm. Toomer: 39. – PH Hamm: I.2:3, 46:5
Translation of:
Greek: θέσις [PH Heiberg: I.2:3, 72:19]
Greek: τόπος [Alm. Heiberg: I.3, 12:2]