PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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ἡ ἐκ τοῦ κέντρου‘radius’

Greek

References: PH Heiberg: I.8:1, 80:5; I.9:3, 82:12
Translated into:
Arabic: الخطّ الخارج من مركز (الدائرة) إلى الخطّ المحيط بها [PH Morelon: I.8:1, 27:3]
Arabic: نصف قطر [PH Morelon: I.9:3, 29:11]
Modern translations:
English: radius [PH Hamm: I.8:1, 50:4; I.9:3, 51:13]
Synonyms:
διάστημα[Alm. Heiberg: I.10, 44:5]
ἡ ἐκ τοῦ κέντρου (οὖσα)[Alm. Heiberg: I.10, 33:15-16, 34:8]