Ptolemy

English ,+ (name) Etymology From en grc Πτολεμαῖος. Pronunciation en /ˈtɒləmi/ UK tälʹəm-ē US, en /ˈtɑləmi/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ptolemy.wav Southern England Proper noun en male Ancient Greek of Greek origin, borne by historical persons in ancient Egypt. 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 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. The Egyptian ruling dynasty of peoples who held the given name Ptolemy. Derived terms en Ptolemian Related terms en Ptolemaean//Ptolemean//Ptolemaian Ptolemaic Translations name of Greek origin Arabic: ar بَطُلِيمُوس m Armenian: hy Պտղոմեոս Old Armenian: xcl Պտղոմէոս Azerbaijani: Arabic: az بطلمیوس Bətləmiyus Latin: az Bətləmiyus, az Ptolemey from Russian Bulgarian: bg Птолемей Catalan: ca Ptolemeu m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 托勒密 Tuōlèmì Coptic: cop ⲡⲧⲟⲗⲉⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ Czech: cs Ptolemaios m Danish: da Ptolemæus Estonian: et Ptolemaios Finnish: fi Ptolemaios French: fr Ptolémée m Georgian: ka პტოლემე German: de Ptolemäus m, de Ptolemaios m Greek: el Πτολεμαίος m Ancient Greek: grc Πτολεμαῖος m Hebrew: he תּלמי talmai Hindi: hi तुरमय m Italian: it Tolomeo m Japanese: ja プトレマイオス Putoremaiosu Korean: ko ^프톨레마이오스 Latin: la Ptolemaeus m Latvian: lv Ptolemajs m Lithuanian: lt Ptolemėjus m Macedonian: mk Птоломеј m Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira بَطْلَمِیوس Polish: pl Ptolemeusz m-pr Portuguese: pt Ptolomeu m, pt Ptolemeu m Romanian: ro Ptolemeu m Russian: ru Птолеме́й m Scottish Gaelic: gd Ptolomaidh Spanish: es Ptolomeo m, es Tolomeo m Swedish: sv Ptolemaios Turkish: tr Batlamyus Ottoman Turkish: ota بطلمیوس batlemiyûs, batlamiyûs en Individuals