Πέργαμον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Πέργαμος (Pérgamos)

Etymology

Probably of Pre-Greek origin and related to πύργος (púrgos) if likewise.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pér.ɡa.mon/ → /ˈper.ɣa.mon/ → /ˈper.ɣa.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pér.ɡa.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ɡa.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ɣa.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ɣa.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ɣa.mon/

Proper noun

Πέργᾰμον • (Pérgamon) n (genitive Περγᾰ́μου); second declension

1. Pergamon; Pergamum; Bergama, İzmir, Turkey

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Πέργᾰμον; τοῦ Περγᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Πέργᾰμον tò Pérgamon
Genitive	τοῦ Περγᾰ́μου toû Pergámou
Dative	τῷ Περγᾰ́μῳ tôi Pergámōi
Accusative	τὸ Πέργᾰμον tò Pérgamon
Vocative	Πέργᾰμον Pérgamon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Περγαμηνός (Pergamēnós)
• περγαμηνή (pergamēnḗ)

Descendants

• English: Pergamon
• Greek: Πέργαμο (Pérgamo)
• Italian: Pergamo
• Latin: Pergamum
• Turkish: Bergama

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021