Ptolemaeum

Ptŏlĕmaeus, i, m., = Ptolemaios.

I.

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,

1.

Ptŏlĕmaeēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ptolemy, Ptolemœan, Egyptian:

Pharus,

Prop. 2, 1, 30.—

2.

Ptŏlĕmaeus ( -maeius ), a, um, adj., Ptolemœan, Ptolemaic:

gymnasium,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1.— Subst.: Ptŏlĕmaeum, i, n., the tomb of the Ptolemies, Suet. Aug. 18.—

3.

Ptŏ-lĕmāïs, ĭdis, f. adj., Ptolemœan, Egyptian:

aula,

Aus. Idyll. 10, 311:

gaza,

Sid. Carm. 7, 94.—

b.

Subst.

(α).

Cleopatra, daughter of Ptolemy Auletes, Luc. 10, 69.—

(β).

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.—

II.

An astrologer of the time of the emperor Otho, Tac. H. 1, 22.—

III.

A king of Mauritania, Tac. A. 4, 23; 24.