(adj.adj.adj.Subst.) : Ptŏlĕmaeus, i, m., = Πτολεμαῖος.
* Ptolemy, the name of the kings of Egypt after Alexander the Great, Curt. 9, 8, 22; Just. 13, 4, 10; Sil. 11, 383.—Hence, in plur.: Ptolemaeorum manes,Luc. 8, 696.— Hence
* Ptŏlĕmaeēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ptolemy, Ptolemoean, Egyptian: Pharus,Prop. 2, 1, 30.
* An astrologer of the time of the emperor Otho, Tac. H. 1, 22.
* A king of Mauritania, Tac. A. 4, 23; 24.
* Subst.
* Cleopatra, daughter of Ptolemy Auletes, Luc. 10, 69.
* The name of several cities; in Egypt, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 9; in Phoenicia, formerly Accho, now St. Jean d'Acre, Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 75; Vulg. 1 Macc. 5, 22.—Also called Ptŏlĕmāĭda, ae, f., Vulg. 1 Macc. 5, 15; id. Act. 21, 7.—Their inhabitants are called Ptŏlĕmenses, ĭum, m., Dig. 50, 15, 1; Vulg. 1 Macc. 12, 48; id. 2 Macc. 13, 25.

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• Aelius Ptolemaeus (Masc), ref: XV 7376 | PIR ID854
• Aurelius Ptolemaeus (Masc, eques), ref: RE Suppl. 15 (1978) 78 s.v. Aurelius 199a | PIR ID2659
• Claudius Ptolemaeus (Masc), ref: PIR C 0981 | PIR ID4443
• Herennius Ptolemaeus (Masc), ref: PIR H 0121 | PIR ID6896
• P. Herennius Ptolemaeus (Masc), ref: PIR H 0122 | PIR ID6897
• Memmius Pontius Ptolemaeus Parnasius (Masc, senator), ref: AE 1989, 655 | PIR ID9152
• Norbanus Ptolemaeus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR N 0169 | PIR ID9685
• Ptolemaeus (Masc), ref: PIR P 1030 | PIR ID11128
• Ptolemaeus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 1024 | PIR ID11129
• Ptolemaeus (Masc), ref: PIR P 1022 | PIR ID11130
• Ptolemaeus (Masc), ref: PIR P 1023 | PIR ID11131
• Ptolemaeus (Masc), ref: PIR P 1025 | PIR ID11132
• Ptolemaeus (Masc), ref: PIR P 1026 | PIR ID11133
• Ptolemaeus (Masc), ref: PIR P 1027 | PIR ID11134
• Ptolemaeus (Masc), ref: PIR P 1028 | PIR ID11135
• Ptolemaeus (Masc), ref: PIR P 1029 | PIR ID11136
• Ptolemaeus Caesario (Masc), ref: PIR P 1031 | PIR ID11137
• Ptolemaeus Chennos (Masc), ref: PIR P 1032 | PIR ID11138
• Ptolemaeus Philadelphus (Masc), ref: PIR P 1033 | PIR ID11139