PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

_ (the underscore) is the placeholder for exactly one character.
% (the percent sign) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character.
%% (two percent signs) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character, but not for blank space (so that a search ends at word boundaries).

At the beginning and at the end, these placeholders are superfluous.

by separating (subtracting)‘by separating (subtracting)’

English

Translation of:
Greek: κατὰ διαίρεσιν [Alm. Heiberg: I.13, 69:21-22]
Greek: διελόντι [Alm. Heiberg: I.10, 45:1]