Ptolemy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance
Types & categories
- astronomer instance hypernym
Related & opposite
- Ptolemaic derivation
Sense 2 noun
an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra
Types & categories
- dynasty hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Ptolemy I member meronym
- Ptolemy II member meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | Ptolemaic |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | astronomer |
| 2 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | Ptolemy I |
| 2 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | Ptolemy II |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dynasty |