PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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الموضع الذي انتهت إليه كل واحدة من الحركات‘restoring each of the motions to its respective epoch’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.1:3, 15:12
Translation of:
Greek: ἑκάστη τῶν κινήσεων ἐπὶ τὰς οἰκείας ἐποχὰς ἀποκαθισταμένη [PH Heiberg: I.1:3, 70:15-16]
Modern translations:
French: le lieu auquel est parvenu chacun <des astres> dans son mouvement [PH Morelon: I.1:3, 14:21-22]
German: der Ort, bis an den eine jede einzelne Bewegung gelangte [PH Nix: I.1:3, 71:21-22]