Ptolemais

See also: Ptolémaïs and Ptolemaïs

English

Proper noun

Ptolemais

1. Former name of Ptolemaida.

Anagrams

• epistomal

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πτολεμαΐς (Ptolemaḯs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pto.leˈmaː.is/, [pt̪ɔɫ̪ɛˈmäːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pto.leˈma.is/, [pt̪oleˈmäːis]

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.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ptolemāis
Genitive	Ptolemāidis
Dative	Ptolemāidī
Accusative	Ptolemāidem Ptolemāida
Ablative	Ptolemāide
Vocative	Ptolemāis
Locative	Ptolemāidī Ptolemāide