Ptolemaeus

See also: Ptolemäus and Ptolemæus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ptolemeus (Late Latin, Vulgate)
• Ptolemæus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pto.leˈmae̯.us/, [pt̪ɔɫ̪ɛˈmäe̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pto.leˈme.us/, [pt̪oleˈmɛːus]

Proper noun

Ptolemaeus m (genitive Ptolemaeī); second declension

1. Ptolemy (name of Greek origin)
   1. a surname from Ancient Greek
   2. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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.