Ptolemy
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\ˈtä-lə-mē\
Etymology : person
Function : name

1: Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος; after 83 – 161 AD), known in English as Ptolemy, was a Greek or Egyptian mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer who flourished in Roman Egypt.

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