Ptolemaeus: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>Ptŏlĕmaeus</b>: i, m., = [[Πτολεμαῖος]].<br /><b>I</b> [[Ptolemy]], the [[name]] of the kings of [[Egypt]] [[after]] [[Alexander]] the Great, Curt. 9, 8, 22; Just. 13, 4, 10; Sil. 11, 383.—Hence, in plur.: Ptolemaeorum manes, Luc. 8, 696.— Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ptŏlĕmaeēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Ptolemy]], Ptolemœan, Egyptian: [[Pharus]], Prop. 2, 1, 30.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ptŏlĕ-maeus (-maeius), a, um, adj., Ptolemœan, Ptolemaic: [[gymnasium]], Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1.—Subst.: Ptŏlĕmaeum, i, n., the [[tomb]] of the Ptolemies, Suet. Aug. 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ptŏ-lĕmāïs, ĭdis, f. adj., Ptolemœan, Egyptian: [[aula]], Aus. Idyll. 10, 311: gaza, Sid. Carm. 7, 94.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Cleopatra]], [[daughter]] of [[Ptolemy]] [[Auletes]], Luc. 10, 69.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[name]] of [[several]] cities; in [[Egypt]], Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 9; in Phœnicia, [[formerly]] Accho, [[now]] St. Jean d'Acre, Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 75; Vulg. 1 Macc. 5, 22.—Also called Ptŏlĕmāĭda, ae, f., Vulg. 1 Macc. 5, 15; id. Act. 21, 7.—Their inhabitants are called Ptŏlĕmenses, ĭum, m., Dig. 50, 15, 1; Vulg. 1 Macc. 12, 48; id. 2 Macc. 13, 25.—<br /><b>II</b> An [[astrologer]] of the [[time]] of the [[emperor]] [[Otho]], Tac. H. 1, 22.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[king]] of Mauritania, Tac. A. 4, 23; 24.