tolemaico
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Ptolemāicus 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”). Compare Sicilian tulimaicu, Spanish tolemaico, Portuguese ptolomaico, French ptolémaïque.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tolemaico (feminine tolemaica, masculine plural tolemaici, feminine plural tolemaiche)
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Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tolemaico (feminine tolemaica, masculine plural tolemaicos, feminine plural tolemaicas)
- Alternative form of ptolemaico
Further reading edit
- “ptolemaico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014