Ptolemy

Gender Masculine
Usage History
Scripts Pron. /ˈtɑl.ə.mi/ (American English) /ˈtɒl.ə.mi/ (British English) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

From the Greek name πολεμήϊος (polemeios) meaning "aggressive, warlike" [1] . Ptolemy was the name of several Greco-Egyptian rulers of Egypt, all descendants of Ptolemy I Soter, one of the generals of Alexander the Great. This was also the name of a 2nd-century Greek astronomer.

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Other Languages & CulturesPtolemaeus, Ptolemaios (Ancient Greek)

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  1. Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry polemh/ios, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dpolemh%2Fios.

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