PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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διχοτομῶ‘bisect’

Greek. – Grammar: v.

References: Alm. Heiberg: II.2, 91:6-7; I.5, 17:20; I.5, 18:20
Translated into:
Arabic: قسم بنصفين نصفين [Alm. MS Tunis: 19b.28-29]
Arabic: قطع بنصفين نصفين [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 14v]
Arabic: قطع بنصفين [Alm. MS Tunis: ]
Arabic: فصل بنصفين [Alm. MS Tunis: ]
Modern translations:
English: bisect [Alm. Toomer: 41; 42]
Synonyms:
διαιρῶ δίχα[Alm. Heiberg: II.6, 101:19-20; II.6, 101:24]
τέμνω δίχα[Alm. Heiberg: I.10, 32:13-14]