Πέργαμον
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Πέργαμος (Pérgamos)
Etymology
Probably of Pre-Greek origin and related to πύργος (púrgos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pér.ɡa.mon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈper.ɡa.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈper.ɣa.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈper.ɣa.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈper.ɣa.mon/
Proper noun
Πέργᾰμον • (Pérgamon) n (genitive Περγᾰ́μου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ Πέργᾰμον tò Pérgamon | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Περγᾰ́μου toû Pergámou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Περγᾰ́μῳ tôi Pergámōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ Πέργᾰμον tò Pérgamon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πέργᾰμον Pérgamon | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Περγαμηνός (Pergamēnós)
- περγαμηνή (pergamēnḗ)
Descendants
Further reading
- “Πέργαμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Πέργαμον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021