PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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vernal ‘spring (equinox)’

English

References: PH Hamm: 47
Translation of:
Greek: ἐαρινόν [Alm. Heiberg: I.8, 29:11]
Synonyms:
spring (equinox)[Alm. Toomer: 47]