Pergamum

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Pergamum, from Ancient Greek Πέργαμον (Pérgamon).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːɡəməm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɝːɡəməm/

Proper noun

Pergamum

  1. An ancient Greek city, in western Anatolia, near modern Bergama.

Translations

Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pergamum, from Ancient Greek Πέργαμον (Pérgamon).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛr.ɣaːˌmʏm/
  • Hyphenation: Per‧ga‧mum

Proper noun

Pergamum n

  1. Pergamum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πέργαμον (Pérgamon).

Proper noun

Pergamum n sg (genitive Pergamī); second declension

  1. Pergamum
  2. The fortified citadel of Troy.
    Synonym: Pergama

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pergamum
Genitive Pergamī
Dative Pergamō
Accusative Pergamum
Ablative Pergamō
Vocative Pergamum
Locative Pergamī

Derived terms

References
  • “Pergamum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Pergamum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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