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ptol·e·ma·ic
\|tälə|māik, -āēk\ adjective
also ptol·e·mae·an \-mēən\
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: in sense 1, from Latin Ptolemaeus Ptolemy 2d century A.D. geographer and astronomer of Alexandria (from Greek Ptolemaios) + English -ic or -an; in sense 2, ptolemaic from Greek ptolemaikos, from Ptolemaios Ptolemy, any of the Greco-Egyptian rulers of Egypt + -ikos -ic; ptolemaean from Latin ptolemaeus Ptolemaean (from Ptolemaeus Ptolemy, Greco-Egyptian ruler of Egypt, from Greek Ptolemaios) + English -an
1. : of or relating to Ptolemy the geographer and astronomer
2. : of or relating to the Greco-Egyptian rulers of Egypt from 323 B.C. to 30 B.C. |