Pergamum

English

Alternative forms

• Pergamon, Pergamus, Pergamos
• Pergam. (abbreviation)

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

an ancient Greek city

• Armenian: Պերգամոն (Pergamon)
• Catalan: Pèrgam
• Dutch: Pergamum n
• French: Pergame (fr)
• Georgian: პერგამონი (ṗergamoni)
• German: Pergamon (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Πέργαμον (Pérgamon)

• Italian: Pergamo (it) m
• Latin: Pergamum n
• Ottoman Turkish: برغمه (Bergama)
• Portuguese: Pérgamo m
• Russian: Пергам (ru) (Pergam)
• Turkish: Pergamon

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Pergamon

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

Related terms

• Pergameens
• perkament

Latin

Alternative forms

• Pergamon

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

• pergamēnus

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.