English

Alternative forms

• Pergamon
• Pergamus
• Pergamos

Proper noun

Pergamum

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

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• Pergamon

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πέργαμον ‎(Pérgamon).

Proper noun

Pergamum n ‎(genitive Pergamī); second declension

1. Pergamum
2. The fortified citadel of Troy.

Synonyms

• (citadel of Troy): Pergama

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

References

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