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

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πέργαμον (Pérgamon).

Proper noun

Pergamum n (genitive Pergamī); second declension

  1. Pergamum
  2. The fortified citadel of Troy.

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

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

Synonyms

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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