On the Arabic Names of the Stars. 371 



t AlKerb, vel AlKereb, Funis qui ad mediam Urnee alligatur. 

 r) Sa'd Mdtar, Fortuna Pluviae. 

 /x Sa'd Bdri, Fortuna praecellentis. 

 £ Sa'd Al Homdm, Fortuna Herois. 

 Sa'd Al Bahd'im, Fortuna Bestiarum. 



$ Phdm Al Phdras, Os Equi : vel 



I Gjdhphela AlPhdras, Labium Equi. 



Ad Andromedam. 



rGjemb Al Mosdlsala, Latus catenatae: vel 

 /3 < BetnAlHut, Venter Piscis : vel etiara Mizar, Subligaculum, 



V. vulgo Mirach. 

 y Bigjl Al Mosdlsala, Pes catenatae : vel 



Andk Al Ard, Melis, taxo, vulgo Alamach. 



Ad Triangulum. 

 /3 Eds Al Mothdllath, Caput Trianguli. 



Ad Arietem. 



y & /3 Al Sheratein, the dual from Sherat, Signum ; vulgo 



Mesartim. 

 e & g Min Botein, De Botein. Botein is a diminutive from 



Betn, venter. 

 a. Al Ndtih, Cornupeta. 



Ad Taurum. 

 Al Debardn, The Hyades ; Quicquid pone, posterius, et a 

 tergo est. 

 a Ain Al Thaur, Oculus Tauri; vulgo Aldebaran. In Ptolemy, 



6 \ajX7rgo$ T«iv c Tudwv. 

 d Wdsat Al Thuraiyd, Medium Pleiadum. Thuraiya is a di- 

 minutive form from Thertsoa, multus, copiosus. 

 Al Thuraiya, The Pleiades. In Ptolemy, r) IlXsiug. In Homer 

 we find, 



UArjVaSaj t' Io-qqwvti Jta» tys SuoVra Bowtyjv. 



And again, in Hesiod, 



II\riia$ci$ 0' 'Tulu$ ts, tots (rOsvo; '{Igicovog. 



Ad Geminos. 

 u Rds Al Tawum Al Mukdddem, Caput prioris Gemellorum ; 



Castor. 

 /3 Rds Al Tawum Al Mudccher, Caput posterioris Gemellorum ; 



Pollux. 

 y Al Hen' a. Hena est quaevis res quae aliam sequitur vel 



alteri superstruitur. 



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