English noun: Ptolemy | |||
1. | Ptolemy (person) Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance | ||
Synonyms | Claudius Ptolemaeus | ||
Instance hypernym | astronomer, stargazer, uranologist | ||
2. | Ptolemy (group) an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra | ||
Synonyms | Ptolemaic dynasty | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dynasty | ||
Member holonym | Ptolemy I, Ptolemy II | ||