pergamenum

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Post-Classical, from Pergamēnus (Pergamum), a city in Asia Minor renown for its library.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pergamēnum n (genitive pergamēnī); second declension

  1. parchment

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pergamēnum pergamēna
Genitive pergamēnī pergamēnōrum
Dative pergamēnō pergamēnīs
Accusative pergamēnum pergamēna
Ablative pergamēnō pergamēnīs
Vocative pergamēnum pergamēna

References

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  • pergamenum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pergamenum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers