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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Isaac Argyros, 〈Paraphrasis in Anonymum commentum in Quadripartitum〉

Madrid, UC-BH, cod. 122 · 66v

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Ex animantibus vero que carent ratione, si accidens circa ea evenerit quibus homines utuntur raritatem eorum operatur et in his qui supersunt ⟨…⟩ φθορὰς σωματικὰς καὶ νοσοποιούς is left untranslated; Hübner p. 137, l. 712-713 a quibus homines qui eis utuntur affecti ⟨…⟩. διαφθείρονται (from διαφθείρω: destroy, kill) is left untranslated; Hübner p. 137, l. 714 Quod si incirca aeris statum accidens provenerit frigora ⟨…⟩ φοβερά (from φοβερός: fearful) is left untranslated; Hübner p. 137, l. 715 efficiet, glacialia nebulosaque atque aeris distemperiem nubium collectiones caligines, nivium multitudinem non utilium sed corruptionem inferentium ex quibus reptilia nature humane nocentia concrescunt. Si autem circa flumina et maria accidens contigerit communiter quidem tempestates faciet classiumque naufragia et difficiles navigationes, piscium quoque penuriam et interitum; privatim autem in mari ⟨…⟩ ἀμπώτεις (from ἄμπωτις: ebb and flow, tides) is left untranslated; Hübner p. 137, l. 721 et refluxus, in fluminibus vero fluvialium aquarum excessum ac ⟨…⟩. κάκωσιν τῶν ποταμίων ὑδάτων is left untranslated; Hübner p. 137, l. 722-723 Si vero circa terre fructus accidens evenerit penuriam ac raritatem, eorum efficiet et ⟨…⟩ ἀπώλειαν (from ἀπώλεια: loss) is left untranslated; Hübner p. 137, l. 724 ac eorum potissimum qui ad usus necessarios nascuntur, sive ex brucho sive exeruca aut locustis autseu inundationibus vel pluvialium aquarum ⟨…⟩ nothing from the Greek text seems to be missing aut grandine et huiusmodi, adeo ut inde fames ex qua homines pereant inde subsequatur.