Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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عالم ‘the sphere of the universe’

Arabic

Translation of:
References:	PH Morelon: I.3:1, 19:4
Greek:	ἡ τοῦ κόσμου σφαῖρα [PH Heiberg: I.3:1, 74:5-6]
Modern translations:
French:	monde [PH Morelon: I.3:1, 18:7]
German:	Welt [PH Nix: I.3:1, 75:7]