PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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τὸ ἀπόγειον τῆς ἐκκεντρότητος‘apogee of the eccentricity’

Greek

References: PH Heiberg: I.9:5, 82:25; I.10:4, 86:8
Translated into:
Arabic: أوج الفلك الخارج المركز [PH Morelon: I.9:5, 29:18; I.10:4, 33:10]
Synonyms:
τὸ ἀπογειότατον τῆς ἐκκεντρότητος[PH Heiberg: I.12:9, 96:29; I.13:9, 100:30]
ἀπόγειον τῆς ἐκκεντρότητος[Handy Tables: 172:20]