caput algol

رأس الغولraʾs al-ġūl

genit. compound rʾs ġwl – Algol (β Persei) (astr.) (lit. ‘the demon’s head’, the head of Medusa)

  1. Ptol. Almag. no. XI: Stellatio teleub cuius nomen in latino est perseus et est deferens caput algol

    Kuni.: كوكبة النهلب واسمه بالرومية برسوس وهو حامل رأس الغول

  2. Ptol. Almag. no. 141, Baily 202: Lucida earum que sunt in capite algol

    Kuni.: النير من التى فى رأس الغول

  1. 2 also s.v. deferens Ptol. Almag.

< Arabic. Kunitzsch/Smart 2006, 49. The Latin term algol is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.

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