Associations to the word «Ptolemaic»
Noun
- Patronage
- Viii
- Coinage
- Caesar
- Magna
- Augustus
- Tomb
- Antiquity
- Constellation
- Ca
- Memphis
- Xiii
- Orbit
- Minor
- Antioch
- Planet
- Model
- Mercenary
- Depiction
- Era
- Burial
- Iv
- Simpler
- Regent
- Motion
- Iii
- Queen
- Contemporary
- Princess
- Excavation
- Priesthood
- Coin
- Babylon
- Consort
- Observation
- Descendant
- Pottery
- Ix
- Monarch
- Rome
- Hypothesis
- Xv
- Deity
- Successor
- Sanctuary
- Crete
- Enclosure
- Elephant
- Dialogue
- Geo
- Mathematician
- Paradigm
- Coffin
- Autonomy
- Vi
- Greece
- Jerusalem
- Calculation
- Prediction
- Seth
- System
- Earth
- Jupiter
- Priest
- Citadel
- Cairo
- Famine
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
PTOLEMAIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to the Ptolemies, rulers of Hellenistic Egypt.
PTOLEMAIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to the astronomer Claudius Ptolemy.
PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM, noun. (astronomy) A geocentric model of the solar system, described by the eponymous astronomer.
Dictionary definition
PTOLEMAIC, adjective. Of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy.
PTOLEMAIC, adjective. Of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system; "in the Ptolemaic system of planetary motion the earth is fixed as the center of the universe with the sun and moon and planets revolving around it".
Wise words
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