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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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χειμερινὸν τροπικόν‘winter solstice’

Greek

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.14, 76:23
Translated into:
Arabic: المنقلب الشتويّ [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 12v]
Arabic: الإنْقِلاب الشتويّ [Alm. MS Tunis: ]
Modern translations:
English: winter solstice [Alm. Toomer: 69]
Synonyms:
χειμερινὴ τροπή[Alm. Heiberg: I.5, 17:17, 18:3-4]