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Ptolemaeus

Ptolemaeus

See also: Ptolemäus and Ptolemæus

Latin

Proper noun

Ptolemaeus m ‎(genitive Ptolemaeī); second declension

Ptolemy (name of Greek origin)

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Ptolemaeus	Ptolemaeī
genitive	Ptolemaeī	Ptolemaeōrum
dative	Ptolemaeō	Ptolemaeīs
accusative	Ptolemaeum	Ptolemaeōs
ablative	Ptolemaeō	Ptolemaeīs
vocative	Ptolemaee	Ptolemaeī

Descendants

English: Ptolemy
French: Ptolémée
Italian: Tolomeo
Spanish: Ptolomeo, Tolomeo

References

Ptolemaeus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Ptolemaeus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.