Ptolemais

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See also: Ptolémaïs and Ptolemaïs

English[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Ptolemais

  1. Former name of Ptolemaida.

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Πτολεμαΐς (Ptolemaḯs).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

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