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algiethi
الجاثي al-ǧāṯī
n. ǧṯw – the kneeling man (name of the constellation Hercules) (astr.) show/hide quotes-
Ptol. Almag. no. VII: Stellatio algiethi super genu ipsius et nominatur saltator etiam
Kuni.: كوكبة الجاثى على ركبته* [* see Kunitzsch 1990, 172, ms u adds: ويسمى الراقص أيضًا]
- 1 Ptol. Almag.
< Arabic. Kunitzsch 1959, 194, no. 160. The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.