(n) Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance, Syn. Claudius Ptolemaeus
(n) the king of Egypt who founded the Macedonian dynasty in Egypt; a close friend and general of Alexander the Great who took charge of Egypt after Alexander died (circa 367-285 BC)
[托勒密, Tuō lè mìㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄧˋ] Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC; Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成, See Also: 天文學大成, 天文学大成#120850
[托勒玫, Tuō lè méiㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄟˊ] Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成; also written 托勒密, See Also: 天文學大成, 天文学大成, 托勒密