PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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ἡ τοῦ γνώμονος κορυφή‘the tip of the gnomon’

Greek

References: Alm. Heiberg: II.5, 98:21
Translated into:
Arabic: رأس المقياس [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 16r. – Alm. MS Tunis: 21b.14]
Modern translations:
English: the tip of the gnomon [Alm. Toomer: 80]