PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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χειμερινὴ σκιά ‘winter (solsticial) shadow’

Greek

References: Alm. Heiberg: II.6, 106:5,17-18
Translated into:
Arabic: الظلّ الشتويّ [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 17v,18r. – Alm. MS Tunis: 23a.28, 23b.9]
Modern translations:
English: winter (solsticial) shadow [Alm. Toomer: 84]