PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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παρακείμενος‘corresponding’

Greek. – Grammar: present participle of the verb "παράκειμαι".

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.14, 79:3-4
Translated into:
Arabic: إزاء (بإزائها) [Alm. MS Tunis: 16b]
Arabic: حِيَال (بحِيَال) [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 13r]
Modern translations:
English: corresponding [Alm. Toomer: 70]