{"def":{"lit":"warlike","short":"Ptolemais, a place in Palestine","long":["a maritime city of Phoenicia, which got its name, apparently, from Ptolemy Lathyrus, who captured it 103 BC, and rebuilt it more beautifully"]},"deriv":"from Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemy, after whom it was named)","pronun":{"ipa":"pto.lɛ.mɑˈis","ipa_mod":"ptow.le̞.mɑˈis","sbl":"ptolemais","dic":"ptoh-leh-ma-EES","dic_mod":"ptoh-lay-ma-EES"}}