Ptolemaeus

American  

[tol-uh-mey-uhs] / ˌtɒl əˈmeɪ əs /

noun

1. a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.

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Ptolemaeus British  

/ ˌtɒlɪˈmiːəs /

noun

1. a crater in the SE quadrant of the moon, about 140 kilometres (90 miles) in diameter

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Example Sentences

A Latin inscription next to him reads “In this mountain range, King Ptolemaeus uses a world-compass and through astrology, by longitudes and by latitudes, he constructed a mappa mundi and a cosmography.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Modern popular astrology runs directly back to Claudius Ptolemaeus, whom we call Ptolemy, although he was unrelated to the kings of the same name.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

On Ptolemaeus, of a faithless race The faithless sovereign, scandal to the gods, And shame to Fortune, placed the diadem Of Pella.

From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan

But Ptolemaeus, as we have seen, had already gathered a school about him when Irenaeus became acquainted with him.

From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by Sanday, William

But the name of Ptolemaeus is mentioned very near the beginning of the Preface; so that Irenaeus would be committing to paper the statement of his acquaintance with Ptolemaeus as early as 182 A.D.

From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by Sanday, William