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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέργη (Pérgē).
Proper noun
Perga f sg (genitive Pergae); first declension
- A city of Pamphylia situated between the rivers Catarrhactes and Cestrus and famous for the worship of Artemis
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- Perga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Perga”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly