Ptolemaicus

Latin

Etymology

From Koine Greek Πτολεμᾱϊκός (Ptolemāïkós) from Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos), a proper name derived from Epic Greek πτόλεμος (ptólemos), variant of Ancient Greek πόλεμος (pólemos, “battle, war”); equivalent to Ptolemaeus (“Ptolemy”) +‎ -icus (“-ic”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pto.leˈmaː.i̯i.kus/, [pt̪ɔɫ̪ɛˈmäːi̯ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pto.leˈma.ji.kus/, [pt̪oleˈmäːjikus]

Adjective

Ptolemāicus (feminine Ptolemāica, neuter Ptolemāicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (history, astronomy) Ptolemaic; pertaining to Ptolemy, the Ptolemies dynasty, or the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (305 BC – 30 BC).

   Synonyms: Ptolemaeēus, Ptolemaeius, Ptolemæus, Ptolemaeus, Ptolemāïs

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Ptolemāicus	Ptolemāica	Ptolemāicum		Ptolemāicī	Ptolemāicae	Ptolemāica
Genitive	Ptolemāicī	Ptolemāicae	Ptolemāicī		Ptolemāicōrum	Ptolemāicārum	Ptolemāicōrum
Dative	Ptolemāicō		Ptolemāicō		Ptolemāicīs
Accusative	Ptolemāicum	Ptolemāicam	Ptolemāicum		Ptolemāicōs	Ptolemāicās	Ptolemāica
Ablative	Ptolemāicō	Ptolemāicā	Ptolemāicō		Ptolemāicīs
Vocative	Ptolemāice	Ptolemāica	Ptolemāicum		Ptolemāicī	Ptolemāicae	Ptolemāica

Related terms

• Lāgēus

Descendants

• Asturian: ptolemaicu
• Catalan: Ptolemaic
• → English: Ptolemaic
• French: ptolémaïque
• Italian: tolemaico
• Portuguese: ptolomaico
• Romanian: ptolemeic
• Sicilian: tulimàicu
• Spanish: ptolemaico

Further reading

• “Ptolemaicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ptolemaicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1272.
• Ptolemaicus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2058