PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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περίγειος‘close to the Earth’

Greek. – Grammar: adj.

References: TB Hübner: I.2:65, H5
Modern translations:
English: (region) about the earth [TB Robbins: 7]
Synonyms:
περιγειότητα[TB Hübner: I.4:394, H23]