Ptŏlĕmaeus, i, m., = Πτολεμαῖος.
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 , Ptolemaean , Egyptian : Pharus, Prop. 2, 1, 30.—
2 Ptŏlĕ-maeus ( -maeius ), a, um, adj., Ptolemaean , 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., Ptolemaean , 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 Phoenicia, 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.