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[[File:Tétradrachme du royaume Lagide à l'effigie de Ptolémée.jpg|thumb|240x240px|[[Tetradrachm]] of [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus]] with the [[Eagle of Zeus]]. Greek inscription reads ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ {{Lit|[coin] of Ptolemy}}]]
'''Ptolemy''' ({{lang-grc|Πτολεμαῖος}}, ''Ptolemaios'') is a male given name, derived from [[Ancient Greek]] and meaning 'warlike'.<ref>{{OEtymD|Ptolemy}}</ref> It is formed from the [[Homeric Greek|Epic Greek]] [[wikt:πτόλεμος|πτόλεμος]] ''ptolemos'' meaning 'war'.<ref>{{LSJ|pto/lemos|πτόλεμος|ref}}.</ref> The name was used throughout the [[Ancient Greece|Greek world]], but was particularly popular in [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|ancient Macedon]] and its nobility. During the [[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic]] period, [[Ptolemy I Soter]], a general of [[Alexander the Great]], founded the [[Ptolemaic dynasty]] which ruled their [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Kingdom]] in [[Ancient Egypt]]. All male rulers of the dynasty bore the name 'Ptolemy', the last being [[Ptolemy XII Auletes|Ptolemy Auletes]], father of [[Cleopatra]]. Common variants include '''Ptolemaeus''' (Latin), '''Tolomeo''' (Italian) and [[Talmai]] (Hebrew).
==Etymology==
The name ''Ptolemaios'' varied over the years from its roots in [[ancient Greece]], appearing in different languages in various forms and spellings:
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*[[Tolomeo (disambiguation)]]
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