ptolemy

Definition of Ptolemy in English :

Noun

Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance

claudius ptolemaeus

2. ptolemaic dynasty, ptolemy

an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra

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noun

Latin name Claudius Ptolemaeus. 2nd century ad, Greek astronomer, mathematician, and geographer. His Geography was the standard geographical textbook until the discoveries of the 15th century. His system of astronomy (see Ptolemaic system), as expounded in the Almagest, remained undisputed until the Copernican system was evolved

Ptolemy

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noun

1.

name of a Macedonian dynasty of Egypt founded by Ptolemy I and ruling from 323 to 30 b.c.

2. Word forms: plural ˈPtolemies

a member of this dynasty

1.

(L. name Claudius Ptolomaeus) 2d cent. a.d.; Alexandrian astronomer, mathematician, & geographer

2.

Ptolemy I367?-283 b.c.; general of Alexander the Great: 1st king of the Ptolemaic dynasty (323-285)

called Ptolemy Soter (“Savior”)

3.

Ptolemy II309-246 b.c.; king of Egypt (285-246): son of Ptolemy I

called Ptolemy Philadelphus

Ptolemy

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An Egyptian dynasty of Macedonian kings (323-30 BC). The Ptolemies included Ptolemy I (367?-283?), a general in Alexander the Great's army who succeeded him as ruler of Egypt (323-285), and Ptolemy XV (47-30), who ruled as coregent (44-30) with his mother, Cleopatra.

Alexandrian Greek astronomer and geographer whose geocentric model of the universe dominated cosmological theory until the Renaissance.

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