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ἀστρολογίας: does not differ from ἀστρονομίας. Cf. iv.2.10.

καὶ ταύτης μέντοι: and yet this too (like geometry).

μέχρι τοῦ δύνασθαι: so far as to be able.

ὥραν: with νυκτός, equivalent to hour; with μηνός, equivalent to day; with ἐνιαυτοῦ, equivalent to season or month.

νυκτός (with πράττεται): for the gen. of time, see on ἀγορᾶς i. 1. 10.

τεκμηρίοις: as signs, sc., as obj. of χρῆσθαι, the observed facts of ἀστρολογία.

τῶν εἰρημένων: i.e. νυκτός, μηνός, ἐνιαυτοῦ.

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