PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Isaac Argyros, 〈Paraphrasis in Anonymum commentum in Quadripartitum〉

Madrid, UC-BH, cod. 122 · 24v

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declinant; venti autem qui ab ipso perflant, quos communiter Austros appellamus, calidi sunt et fecundi. Locus autemvero qui est ad occasum humidissimus est, eo quod cum Sol est in ipso ea, que a die ⟨…⟩ ἀναποθέντα (from ἀναπίνω: absorb, dry out) is left untranslated; Hübner, p. 44, l. 713 tunc primum incipiant humescere; venti verotamen qui ab eo feruntur quos communiter Favonios vocamus recentes sunt et humidi. Locus aute deinde qui est ad septemtriones frigidissimus est, eo quod propter nostre habitabilis inclinationem, cause caliditatis Solis celum mediantis plus ab eo distent veluti contra medio celi sit oppositus; venti vero ab eo flantes, qui communiter Boree vocantur, frigidi sunt et constipantes.