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Pergamum

Pergamum · n

v. Pergama

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Where it lives

Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 2 · 5.49/10k
Bacchides 4 · 4.05/10k
Pro L. Flacco 4 · 3.67/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.8/10k
Troades 1 · 1.47/10k
De Bello Alexandrino 1 · 0.96/10k
Silvae 2 · 0.8/10k
De Lege Agraria 1 · 0.73/10k
De Bello Civili 2 · 0.62/10k
Ab urbe condita 28 · 0.54/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Pergămum — Lewis & Short

Pergămum, i, n., v. Pergama.

2. Pergămum — Lewis & Short

Pergămum, i, n.,

I a city in Mysia, on the Caystrus, the residence of the Attalian kings, with a celebrated library, now Bergamo, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 126; Liv. 29, 11; 37, 19; 20 al.—Hence,

A Pergămēnus, a, um, adj., = *pergamhno/s, of or belonging to Pergamum in Mysia, Pergamean: Pergamena civitas, Cic. Fl. 30, 64: ager, Liv. 37, 21: naves, Nep. Hann. 11, 5.—Pergamena charta, or as subst.: Pergămēna (collat. form Pergămīna, Not. Tir. p. 124), ae, f., parchment, a material for writing on, prepared from the skins of animals, invented by Eumenes, king of Pergamum, Isid. Orig. 6, 11; Hier. Ep. 7, n. 2; cf. Varr. ap. Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 70.—Pergămēna, ae, f., the country about Pergamum, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 126.—In plur.: Pergămēni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Pergamum, the Pergameans, Cic. Fl. 30, 74.—

B Pergămĕ-us, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Pergamum, Pergamean (poet.): deus, i. e. Æsculapius (who was worshipped at Pergamum), Mart. 9, 17, 2.

3. Pergămum — Lewis & Short

Pergămum, i, n.,

I a city in Creta, founded by Agamemnon (or acc. to Verg. A. 3, 133, by Æneas), Vell. 1, 1, 2.

4. Pergamum — Walde–Hofmann

Pergamum, -i fofe Pl. -a) n. „Burg von Troia; Pergamum* (seit Liv. Andr, rom.; Pergamänus seit Varro u. Cic., Pergameus seit Verg.), pergamäna (-mina), -ae f. und -um.n. (Heraeus GGA. 1915, 481) „Pergament“ (seit Serm. Arr. u. Hier. rom.; aus pergaménwm entl. ahd. pergamin, Kluge"! s. Pergament): zu ital. (ligur.?), ON. Bergamo, gr. tüproc „Turm*, spätlat. burgus, got. baürgs, gal -briga „Berg“; s. über die … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Pergamum, p. 1193]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Pergamum (scan p. 522; entry #8540).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Pergamum (scan p. 1193; entry #1993).

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