PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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أزمان معدّل النهار‘the arcs of equator, measured as time degrees’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Leiden: f. 19v.32
Translation of:
Greek: οἱ τοῦ ἰσημερινοῦ χρόνοι [Alm. Heiberg: II.7, 117:15-16]
Synonyms:
الأزمان من دائرة معدّل النهار[Alm. MS Tunis: 26a.20]