Ptolemais

See also: Ptolémaïs

English

Proper noun

Ptolemais

  1. Former name of Ptolemaida.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πτολεμαΐς (Ptolemaḯs).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pto.leˈmaː.is/, [ptɔ.ɫɛˈmaː.ɪs]

Proper noun

Ptolemāis f (genitive Ptolemāidis); third declension

  1. Any of several settlements in the Hellenistic world, including:
    1. Acre (city in modern Israel)
    2. Faiyum (city in modern Egypt)
    3. Ptolemaida (city in modern Greece)

Declension

Third declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Ptolemāis
Genitive Ptolemāidis
Dative Ptolemāidī
Accusative Ptolemāidem
Ptolemāida
Ablative Ptolemāide
Vocative Ptolemāis
Locative Ptolemāide
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