Home / Dictionary / Ptolemy

Ptolemy Moderate

Ptolemy has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

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

Proper Noun
1

A male given name from Ancient Greek of Greek origin, borne by historical persons in ancient Egypt.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
dynasty
Rhyming Words
emy demy remy enemy chemy jeremy polemy academy frenemy alchemy epidemy polysemy monosemy frienemy blasphemy oligosemy archenemy old enemy music demy arch enemy
Compare
Ptolemy vs