PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

_ (the underscore) is the placeholder for exactly one character.
% (the percent sign) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character.
%% (two percent signs) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character, but not for blank space (so that a search ends at word boundaries).

At the beginning and at the end, these placeholders are superfluous.

ὀρθὴ σφαίρα‘sphaera recta’

Greek

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.5, 17:12; I.16, 82:8
Translated into:
Arabic: الكرة المنتصبة [Alm. MS Tunis: ; 16b]
Arabic: الفلك المستقيم [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 4r]
Arabic: الكرة المستقيمة [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 13v]