Ptolemais

See also: Ptolémaïs and Ptolemaïs

English

Proper noun

Ptolemais

  1. Former name of Ptolemaida.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πτολεμαΐς (Ptolemaḯs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ptolemāis f sg (genitive Ptolemāidis); third declension

  1. Any of several settlements in the Hellenistic world, including:
    1. Acre (a city in modern Israel)
    2. Faiyum (a city in modern Egypt)
    3. Ptolemaida (a city in modern Greece)
    4. Tolmeita (a city in modern Libya)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Ptolemāis
genitive Ptolemāidis
dative Ptolemāidī
accusative Ptolemāidem
Ptolemāida
ablative Ptolemāide
vocative Ptolemāis
locative Ptolemāidī
Ptolemāide