Perga

Latin

Alternative forms

• Pergē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέργη (Pérgē).

Proper noun

Perga f sg (genitive Pergae); first declension

1. 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.

	singular
nominative	Perga
genitive	Pergae
dative	Pergae
accusative	Pergam
ablative	Pergā
vocative	Perga
locative	Pergae

Derived terms

• Pergaeus
• Pergensis

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