PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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τροπή‘solstice’

Greek

References: Alm. Heiberg: II.6, 102:22
Translated into:
Arabic: منقلب [Alm. MS Tunis: 22b.margin]
Arabic: نقطة المنقلب [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 17r]
Modern translations:
English: solstice [Alm. Toomer: 83]
Synonyms:
τροπικὸν (σημεῖον)[Alm. Heiberg: I.12, 64:1. – PH Heiberg: I.3:6, 74:21]