English

Proper noun

Ptolemais

1. An older name of Ptolemaida.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πτολεμαΐς ‎(Ptolemaḯs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pto.leˈmaː.is/, [ptɔ.ɫɛˈmaː.ɪs]

Proper noun

Ptolemāis f ‎(genitive Ptolemāidis); third declension

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

Declension

Third declension, with locative.