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algol
الغول al-ġūl
n. ġwl – the demon (i.e. (the head of) Medusa in the constellation Perseus) (astr.) show/hide quotes-
Ptol. Almag. no. 141, Baily 202: Lucida earum que sunt in capite algol
Kuni.: النير من التى فى رأس الغول
- 1 Ptol. Almag.
نول nawl
n. nwl – loom (in star description) show/hide quotes-
Albu. Intro. JS 232, 677: Et ascendit in hac facie … corpus Sagitte que vocatur Algol
Lemay 386, 418: ويطلع في هذا الوجه … بدن السهم الَّذي يسَمّى النوك [var.: النول] [var.: الغول]
- 1 Albu. Intro. JS
The Arabic variant al-ġūl was translated into Latin.
The Greek ὀϊστός ‘arrow’ was misread by the Arabic translator as ἱστός ‘loom’. Kunitzsch 1974, no. XV.
< Arabic. The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.