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Ptolémée

/ptɔ.le.me/

proper noun/ptɔ.le.me/

a male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Ptolemy

Borrowed from Latin Ptolemaeus, itself from Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos).

noun, masculine/ptɔ.le.me/plural: Ptolémées

Ptolemy (member of the Ptolemaic dynasty)

L'ancienne cité des Ptolémées n'était plus qu'une ville de foire à moitié abandonnée.The former city of the Ptolemies [Alexandria] was now no more than a half-abandoned market town.

Synonyms: Lagide

Borrowed from Latin Ptolemaeus, itself from Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos).