PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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وضع‘assume, establish (in reality, as model)’

Arabic. – Grammar: v.

References: PH Heiberg: I.5:1, 21:13
Translation of:
Greek: προεκτίθημι [PH Heiberg: I.5:1, 76:20]
Synonyms:
الوضع الحقيقي[PH Morelon: I.1:4, 17:3]
جُعل[PH Morelon: I.4:4, 21:8]