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Ptolemæus

Ptolemæus

See also: Ptolemaeus and Ptolemäus

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Proper noun

Ptolemæus

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of Ptolemaeus: a male given name: Ptolemy.
    • 1874, Walter Richard Cassels, Supernatural Religion, volume II, chapter X, page 219:
      Since Tischendorf lays so much stress upon pseudo-Tertullian and Philastrius making Ptolemæus appear immediately after Valentinus, this explanation is after his own principle.