Πτολεμαΐς
Ptolemaïs
Proper locative noun · From Ptolemaios (Ptolemy, after whom it was named)
From Πτολεμαῖος Ptolemaîos (Ptolemy, after whom it was named); Ptolemais, a place in Palestine:—Ptolemais.
Outline
- Ptolemais or Accho = "warlike"
- a maritime city of Phoenicia, which got its name, apparently, from Ptolemy Lathyrus, who captured it 103 BC, and rebuilt it more beautifully