Πτολεμαϊκός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos, Ptolemy) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

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Πτολεμᾱϊκός (Ptolemāïkósm (feminine Πτολεμᾱϊκή, neuter Πτολεμᾱϊκόν); first/second declension

  1. (history) Ptolemaic; pertaining to Ptolemy, the Ptolemies dynasty, or the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (305 BC – 30 BC).
    Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Book XVIII.21.9
    Ὀφέλλας δὲ καταπολεμήσας τὸν Θίβρωνα καὶ ζωγρήσας, ἔτι δὲ τῶν πόλεων ἐγκρατὴς γενόμενος παρέδωκε τάς τε πόλεις καὶ τὴν χώραν Πτολεμαίῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ. οἱ μὲν οὖν Κυρηναῖοι καὶ αἱ περιοικοῦσαι πόλεις τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον ἀποβαλοῦσαι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ὑπὸ τὴν Πτολεμαϊκὴν βασιλείαν ἐτάχθησαν.
    Ophéllas dè katapolemḗsas tòn Thíbrōna kaì zōgrḗsas, éti dè tôn póleōn enkratḕs genómenos parédōke tás te póleis kaì tḕn khṓran Ptolemaíōi tôi basileî. hoi mèn oûn Kurēnaîoi kaì hai perioikoûsai póleis toûton tòn trópon apobaloûsai tḕn eleutherían hupò tḕn Ptolemaïkḕn basileían etákhthēsan.
    But Ophellas defeated Thibron and took him prisoner, and further reclaimed authority of the cities, and delivered the cities and the country to King Ptolemy. And thus in this manner the Cyrenians and the neighboring cities cast off their liberty and fell subject under the Ptolemaic Kingdom.

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