English Explanatory Dictionary

Ptolemy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek of Greek origin, borne by historical persons in ancient Egypt.
  2. Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90 – c. 168 AD), a Greek-speaking mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer who lived in the Hellenistic culture of Alexandria in Roman Egypt. His most important works were the Almagest and the Geography
  3. Ptolemy I Soter ("Ptolemy the Savior", 367 BC—283 BC), a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who was the ruler of Egypt (323 B.C.E—283 B.C.E) and founder of the Ptolemaic Empire. In 305 BC he took the role of King.
  4. The Egyptian ruling dynasty of peoples who held the given name Ptolemy.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɒləmi/ tälʹəm-ē /ˈtɑləmi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ptolemy.wav

Word forms

Ptolemy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos).

Derived words

Ptolemaian Ptolemaic Ptolemian

Translations

Arabic: بَطُلِيمُوس Armenian: Պտղոմեոս Old Armenian: Պտղոմէոս Azerbaijani: بطلمیوس Azerbaijani: Bətləmius Azerbaijani: Ptolemey Bulgarian: Птолемей Catalan: Ptolemeu Chinese Mandarin: 托勒密 Coptic: ⲡⲧⲟⲗⲉⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ Czech: Ptolemaios Danish: Ptolemæus Estonian: Ptolemaios Finnish: Ptolemaios French: Ptolémée Georgian: პტოლემე German: Ptolemäus German: Ptolemaios Greek: Πτολεμαίος Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Hebrew: תּלמי Hindi: तुरमय Italian: Tolomeo Japanese: プトレマイオス Korean: 프톨레마이오스 Latin: Ptolemaeus Latvian: Ptolemajs Lithuanian: Ptolemėjus Macedonian: Птоломеј Persian: بطلمیوس Polish: Ptolemeusz Portuguese: Ptolomeu Portuguese: Ptolemeu Romanian: Ptolemeu Russian: Птолеме́й Scottish Gaelic: Ptolomaidh Spanish: Ptolomeo Spanish: Tolomeo Swedish: Ptolemaios Turkish: Batlamyus Ottoman Turkish: بطلمیوس
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