Ptolemaean

alternative Ptolemæan · alternative Ptolemean · alternative Ptolemaian

1. not comparableOf or relating to Ptolemy I Soter (c. 367–282 BCE), Greek general, founder of the Ptolemaean or Ptolemaic dynasty.

   The history of the later years of the Ptolemaean dynasty is a striking picture of a debased royalty shrinking before an avaricious, masculine power.

   1878, Robert Hamilton Lang, Cyprus: Its History, Its Present Resources, and Future Prospects, page 144

   Synonyms: Ptolemaic

2. not comparableOf or relating to Ptolemy (c. 100–170 CE), Greek astronomer and geographer.

   In Irenaeus’ eyes, the Ptolemaean system, which he describes in great detail, was representative of the Valentinian school that he was encountering in the western regions of the empire.

   2009, Irenaeus and Genesis, page 77

   Synonyms: Ptolemaic

plural Ptolemaeans · alternative Ptolemæan · alternative Ptolemean · alternative Ptolemaian

1. A member of the Ptolemaean or Ptolemaic dynasty.

   The Ptolemaeans finally had the worst of it. After the disastrous Battle of Panium, near the sources of the Jordan in (about) 200 B.C., Ptolemy V ceded southern Syria to Antiochus III.

   1986, The Light and the Dark: Dualism in the Hellenistic World, page 21

   Synonyms: Ptolemy, Lagid