PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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عمل كرة ‘sphairopoiia’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.1:4, 17:1
Translation of:
Greek: σφαιροποιεῖν [PH Heiberg: I.1:4, 70:19]
Modern translations:
French: fabriquer une sphère [PH Morelon: I.1:4, 16:2]
German: eine Kugel machen [PH Nix: I.1:4, 71:25]