ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΩΝ, πτολεμαιων
PTOLEMAIŌN, ptolemaiōn
Sounds Like: ptoh-leh-MAI-ohn
Translations: of the Ptolemies, Ptolemaic
From the root: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of 'Ptolemaios' (Ptolemy). It refers to the Ptolemaic dynasty, a Hellenistic kingdom based in Egypt, or to people associated with them. It is used to indicate possession or origin, such as 'the land of the Ptolemies' or 'Ptolemaic land'.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:117
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 14:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΘΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΝ — Ptolemy
- ΚΑΙΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ — and Ptolemy, and of Ptolemy
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΕΙΣ — Ptolemaeans, people of Ptolemais
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΕΥΣΙΝ — Ptolemy, the Ptolemies
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΕΩΝ — of Ptolemy, of the Ptolemies
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΕΙΣ — Ptolemies, the Ptolemies
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΕΥΣΙ — (to) Ptolemies, (to) Ptolemaic soldiers, (to) Ptolemaic people
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΙ — Ptolemies
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΝ — Ptolemy
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΣ — Ptolemy
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΣΔ' — Ptolemy IV
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ — of Ptolemy
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΩ — (to) Ptolemy
- ΠΤΟΛΛΑΝ — Ptolla
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