Ptolemaic adjective & noun. [tɒlǝ'meɪɪk] L17.
[from Greek Ptolemaios Ptolemy (see below) + -IC.]
A. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to the Alexandrian astronomer Ptolemy (c 90-168); designating or pertaining to his theory that the planets, including the sun, revolve around the earth. L17.

2. Of or pertaining to the Ptolemies, the Macedonian rulers of Egypt from the death of Alexander the Great until the annexation by Rome (4th to 1st cents. BC). L18.
b. noun. = Ptolemaist. rare. M18.

■ Ptolemaism noun (belief in) the Ptolemaic theory L19.

■ Ptolemaist noun an advocate of the Ptolemaic theory L19.

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