Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Post-Classical, from Pergamēnus (Pergamum), a city in Asia Minor renown for its library.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pergamēnum n (genitive pergamēnī); second declension

  1. parchment

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pergamēnum pergamēna
Genitive pergamēnī pergamēnōrum
Dative pergamēnō pergamēnīs
Accusative pergamēnum pergamēna
Ablative pergamēnō pergamēnīs
Vocative pergamēnum pergamēna

References edit

  • pergamenum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pergamenum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers