Ptolemaicus
Latin
Etymology
From Koine Greek Πτολεμᾱϊκός (Ptolemāïkós) from Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos), a proper name derived from Epic Greek πτόλεμος (ptólemos), variant of Ancient Greek πόλεμος (pólemos, “battle, war”); equivalent to Ptolemaeus (“Ptolemy”) + -icus (“-ic”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pto.leˈmaː.i̯i.kus/, [pt̪ɔɫ̪ɛˈmäːi̯ɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pto.leˈma.ji.kus/, [pt̪oleˈmäːjikus]
Adjective
Ptolemāicus (feminine Ptolemāica, neuter Ptolemāicum); first/second-declension adjective
- (history, astronomy) Ptolemaic; pertaining to Ptolemy, the Ptolemies dynasty, or the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (305 BC – 30 BC).
- Synonyms: Ptolemaeēus, Ptolemaeius, Ptolemæus, Ptolemaeus, Ptolemāïs
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Ptolemāicus | Ptolemāica | Ptolemāicum | Ptolemāicī | Ptolemāicae | Ptolemāica | |
| Genitive | Ptolemāicī | Ptolemāicae | Ptolemāicī | Ptolemāicōrum | Ptolemāicārum | Ptolemāicōrum | |
| Dative | Ptolemāicō | Ptolemāicō | Ptolemāicīs | ||||
| Accusative | Ptolemāicum | Ptolemāicam | Ptolemāicum | Ptolemāicōs | Ptolemāicās | Ptolemāica | |
| Ablative | Ptolemāicō | Ptolemāicā | Ptolemāicō | Ptolemāicīs | |||
| Vocative | Ptolemāice | Ptolemāica | Ptolemāicum | Ptolemāicī | Ptolemāicae | Ptolemāica | |
Related terms
- Lāgēus
Descendants
- Asturian: ptolemaicu
- Catalan: Ptolemaic
- → English: Ptolemaic
- French: ptolémaïque
- Italian: tolemaico
- Portuguese: ptolomaico
- Romanian: ptolemeic
- Sicilian: tulimàicu
- Spanish: ptolemaico
Further reading
- “Ptolemaicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ptolemaicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1272.
- Ptolemaicus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2058
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