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Definition of Claudius ptolemaeus
1. Noun. Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance.
Generic synonyms: Astronomer, Stargazer, Uranologist
Derivative terms: Ptolemaic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Claudius Ptolemaeus
Literary usage of Claudius ptolemaeus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nile Quest: A Record of the Exploration of the Nile and Its Basin by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"... claudius ptolemaeus, a Greek-Egyptian, born at Ptolemais in the Delta of the
Nile, and resident at Alexandria (perhaps in connection with the celebrated ..."
2. Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob (1878)
"A Greek geometer, named claudius ptolemaeus, born at Pelusa, in Lower Egypt, who
was at the famous school of Alexandria in the middle of the second century, ..."
3. A History of Classical Scholarship by John Edwin Sandys (1906)
"161-9) > geograph>' ar)d astronomy, by claudius ptolemaeus of Alexandria ; while
topography and biography were combined in the ' cities and their ..."
4. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"Ges., Leipzig, 56, 1902, ((¡0-70). Jacob!, Max. Zur Ptolemaeus-B'rage. Claudius
Ptolemaeus und seine babylonischen Quellen. Weltall, Berlin, 3, 1903, ..."
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