tolemaico

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ptolemāicus from Koine Greek Πτολεμᾱϊκός (Ptolemāïkós) from Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos), a proper name derived from Epic Greek πτόλεμος (ptólemos), variant of Ancient Greek πόλεμος (pólemos, “battle, war”). Compare Sicilian tulimaicu, Spanish tolemaico, Portuguese ptolomaico, French ptolémaïque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to.leˈmaj.ko/
• Rhymes: -ajko
• Hyphenation: to‧le‧mài‧co

Adjective

tolemaico (feminine tolemaica, masculine plural tolemaici, feminine plural tolemaiche)

1. Ptolemaic

Related terms

• Tolomeo

Anagrams

• motoelica

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toleˈmaiko/ [t̪o.leˈmai̯.ko]
• Rhymes: -aiko
• Syllabification: to‧le‧mai‧co

Adjective

tolemaico (feminine tolemaica, masculine plural tolemaicos, feminine plural tolemaicas)

1. Alternative form of ptolemaico

Further reading

• “ptolemaico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10