(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 mì, ㄊㄨㄛ 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#120850[Add to Longdo]
[托勒玫, Tuō lè méi, ㄊㄨㄛ 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[Add to Longdo]