English

Ptolemaian

From Ptolemy + -ian.

A compound of Ptolemy + -ian

Ancient Greek πτόλεμος ‘battle, war’

Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος

English Ptolemy

Today it means

adj Ptolemaic

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