Ptolemaeus

See also: Ptolemäus and Ptolemæus

Latin

Alternative forms

Ptolemeus (Late Latin, Vulgate)
Ptolemæus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pto.leˈmae̯.us/, [pt̪ɔɫ̪ɛˈmäe̯ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pto.leˈme.us/, [pt̪oleˈmɛːus]

Proper noun

Ptolemaeus m (genitive Ptolemaeī); second declension

Ptolemy (name of Greek origin)
1. a surname from Ancient Greek
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Ptolemaeus	Ptolemaeī
Genitive	Ptolemaeī	Ptolemaeōrum
Dative	Ptolemaeō	Ptolemaeīs
Accusative	Ptolemaeum	Ptolemaeōs
Ablative	Ptolemaeō	Ptolemaeīs
Vocative	Ptolemaee	Ptolemaeī

Descendants

Catalan: Ptolomeu, Ptolemeu
English: Ptolemy
French: Ptolémée
Italian: Tolomeo
Portuguese: Ptolomeu, Ptolemeu
Romanian: Ptolemeu
Spanish: Ptolomeo, Tolomeo

References

“Ptolemaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Ptolemaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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