Associations to the word «Ptolemy»
Noun
- Cleopatra
- Claudius
- Geographer
- Pliny
- Alexandria
- Pompey
- Kepler
- Astronomer
- Thrace
- Astrology
- Pharaoh
- Egypt
- Aristotle
- Plutarch
- Bc
- Astronomy
- Xii
- Galen
- Xiii
- Herodotus
- Macedonian
- Bce
- Caesar
- Constellation
- Egyptian
- Zodiac
- Cyprus
- Geography
- Galileo
- Syria
- Macedonia
- Longitude
- Optic
- Antony
- Viii
- Promontory
- Ravenna
- Nile
- Gaul
- Alexander
- Greco
- Quail
- Byzantium
- Optics
- Osiris
- Plato
- Thebes
- Cosmology
- Vii
- Reign
- Ganges
- Vi
- Babylon
- Meridian
- Treatise
- Ix
- Antioch
- Greek
- Sinus
- Tyre
- Philo
- Equator
- Roman
- Ruler
- Cassius
- Xiv
- Papyrus
- Coinage
- Cos
- Athenian
- Iv
- Antiquity
- Ad
- Genealogy
- Regent
- Anatolia
- Ancient
- Throne
- Xv
- Mercenary
- Sardinia
- Heracles
- Cato
- Romans
- Corinth
- Darius
Adjective
Wiktionary
PTOLEMY, proper noun. A male given name of Greek origin, borne by historical persons in ancient Egypt.
Dictionary definition
PTOLEMY, noun. Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance.
PTOLEMY, noun. An ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra.
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