PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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succedentia (signa) ‘the houses following the centra’

Latin. – Grammar: part..

References: Pontano: XVc. 2
Translation of:
Greek: ἐπαναφοραί [Pontano: p. 331]