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Synonymer till ptolemy

substantiv

  1. (Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance) Claudius Ptolemaeus; ptolemy
  2. (an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra) Ptolemaic dynasty; ptolemy