PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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σχῆμα ‘shape’

Greek. – Grammar: n.

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.1, 6:1
Translated into:
Arabic: شكل [Alm. MS Leiden: I.1:11, f. 2v:32. – Alm. MS Tunis: I.1:11, f. 2r:5]
Modern translations:
English: shape [Alm. Toomer: 36]