PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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οἱ ἐπ΄εἴδους λόγοι‘spatial ratios’

Greek

References: PH Heiberg: I.2:1, 72:10-11
Translated into:
Arabic: حالها إذا قيست بسطح من السطوح [PH Morelon: I.2:1, 17:10-11]
Modern translations:
English: spatial ratios [PH Hamm: I.2:1, 45:18]