Ptolemaeus
Latin
Alternative forms
- Ptolemeus (Late Latin, Vulgate)
- Ptolemæus
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ptɔ.ɫɛˈmae̯.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pt̪o.leˈmɛː.us]
Proper noun
Ptolemaeus m (genitive Ptolemaeī); second declension
- Ptolemy (name of Greek origin)
- a surname from Ancient Greek
- a male given name from Ancient Greek
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| 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.