Ptolemais

See also: Ptolémaïs

English

Proper noun

Ptolemais

  1. Former name of Ptolemaida.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πτολεμαΐς (Ptolemaḯs).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pto.leˈmaː.is/, [pt̪ɔɫ̪ɛˈmäːɪs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pto.leˈma.is/, [pt̪oleˈmäːis]

Proper noun

Ptolemāis f sg (genitive Ptolemāidis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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