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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, Quadripartitum (tr. Philipp Melanchthon)

Basel, Johannes Oporinus, 1553 · 112

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Septentrionalia aestuant, austrina humectant. Sagittarii signum in genere humidum est. Particulatim vero in principio sui humidum, medio temperatum, fine igneum. Latere Boreali flatuosum, austrino humidum et mutabile. Capricorni signum in genere humidum est. Particulatim vero anterioribus partibus aestuans et noxium, mediis temperatum, ultimis pluviosum. Austrinis et boreis humidum et noxium. Aquarii signum generaliter frigidum est et aquosum. Particulatim vero incipiens humidum, in medio temperatum, desinens ventosum. Versus boream aestuans, versus austrum nivosum. Piscium signum generatim frigidum et flatuosum est. Particulatim vero anteriora temperata, media humida, posteriora aestuantia. Borea flatuosa, austrina aquosa sunt.

⟨II.12⟩ De particulari tempestatum consideratione

His ita expositis sequitur particula