PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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اتّصالة كسوفية ‘ecliptical conjunction’

Arabic. – Grammar: n.

References: PH Morelon: I.16, 63:12
Modern translations:
French: conjunction d'éclipse [PH Morelon: I.16, 62]