ΐδος (ἡ) [ᾱ]
      1 adj. f. de Ptolémée, Ptolémaïde, tribu attique du nom de Ptolémée Philadelphe, PAUS. 1, 5, 5 ; ANTH. 7, 520, etc. ;
      2 fille de Ptolémée, PLUT. Demetr. 32.

➳ Dans les inscr. att. Πτολεμαιΐς, CIA. 2, 966, 42 (peu après 191 av. J.C.) etc. ; et Πτολεμαΐς, CIA. 2, 446, 72 (envir. 153 av. J.C.) etc. ; v. Meisterh. p. 26, 8.

Étym. Πτολεμαῖος.

s. LGPN

(also Πτολεμαιΐς), ΐδος, ἡ, with or without φυλή, name of an Att. tribe, named after Ptolemy Euergetes I, ib. 22.957.28, 964.16, al., Poll. 8.110; ἐπὶ τῆς Πτολεμαιΐδος… πρυτανείας IG2². 897, al. name of several cities, esp. of one in Phoenicia, now Acre, Str. 2.5.39, etc. ; — Πτολεμαΐτης, ου, or Πτολεμαιεύς, έως, ὁ, a citizen thereof, St.Byz.

Πτολεμαΐς, -ΐδος, ἡ
Ptolemais, a maritime city of Phœnicea: Act.21:7.†
(AS)

Place, proper name

• Hellenistic and Roman city of Cyrenaica, the modern ad Dirsiya, Libya. (TOPOS text)
• A city founded by Ptolemy I Soter as the capital of Upper Egypt.. (TOPOS text)
• Ptolemais of the Hunts, port of the Red Sea, perhaps near Suakin. (TOPOS text)