PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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τετράπλευρον ‘quadrilateral’

Greek. – Grammar: n.

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.10, 36:13, 38:8
Translated into:
Arabic: فيها/ذو/ذا أربعة أضلاع عليها/عليه [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 6v]
Arabic: ذو/ذا أربعة أضلاع [Alm. MS Tunis: ]
Modern translations:
English: quadrilateral [Alm. Toomer: 50]