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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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المنقلب الشتويّ ‘winter solstice’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Leiden: f. 12v
Translation of:
Greek: χειμερινὸν τροπικόν [Alm. Heiberg: I.14, 76:23]
Synonyms:
الإنْقِلاب الشتويّ[Alm. MS Tunis: ]
الإنْقِلاب الشتويّ[Alm. MS Tunis: ]
المنقلب/الإنْقِلاب الشتويّ[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 4v]
نقطة شتوية[PH Morelon: I.15, 59:17]