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Ptolemæus
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Ptolemaeus Ptolemäus Ptolemeus
English
Etymology
From en grc Πτολεμαῖος warlike.
Proper noun
en archaic en Ptolemaeus: en male Ancient Greek a Ptolemy.
en 1874 w:Walter Richard Cassels Supernatural Religion II X 219 http://books.google.com/books?id=KykVAAAAYAAJ&hl=en&pg=PA219#v=onepage&q&f=false Since Tischendorf lays so much stress upon pseudo-Tertullian and Philastrius making Ptolemæus appear immediately after Valentinus, this explanation is after his own principle.