PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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كوكب الزهرة ‘Venus’

Arabic. – Grammar: n.

References: PH Morelon: I.7:2, 78:20-21; I.11:1, 37:16
Translation of:
Greek: ὁ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης ἀστήρ [PH Heiberg: I.7:2, 78:20-21; I.11:1, 90:8]
Synonyms:
the star of Venus[PH Hamm: I.7:2, 49:11; I.11:1, 55:16]