† Ptolemaidadj.

Forms: 1600s Ptolomaid.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Πτολεμαῖος , -id suffix¹.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek Πτολεμαῖος (post-classical Latin Ptolemaeus ) Ptolemy (see Ptolemaic adj.¹) + -id suffix¹.With the form Ptolomaid compare discussion at Ptolemaic adj.¹ and n.

Astronomy. Obsolete. rare.

Resembling the arrangement of planets, spheres, etc., in the Ptolemaic theory.

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a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cclxxxiii, in Poems (1878) IV. 171 To involve the Stade Within his Sphære; a Structure Ptolomaid.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ptolemaid
释义	† Ptolemaidadj. Forms: 1600s Ptolomaid. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Πτολεμαῖος , -id suffix¹. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek Πτολεμαῖος (post-classical Latin Ptolemaeus ) Ptolemy (see Ptolemaic adj.¹) + -id suffix¹.With the form Ptolomaid compare discussion at Ptolemaic adj.¹ and n. Astronomy. Obsolete. rare. Resembling the arrangement of planets, spheres, etc., in the Ptolemaic theory. ΚΠ a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cclxxxiii, in Poems (1878) IV. 171 To involve the Stade Within his Sphære; a Structure Ptolomaid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1657
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