PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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spring equinox‘spring equinox’

English

References: Alm. Toomer: 69
Translation of:
Greek: ἐαρινὴ ἰσημερία [Alm. Heiberg: I.14, 76:22. – PH Heiberg: I.12:9, 96:30; I.13:9, 100:31]
Synonyms:
vernal equinoctial (point)[PH Hamm: I.13:9, 59:16; I.13:9, 62:3]