pergamenum

Latin

Alternative forms

• pergamentum

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛr.ɡaˈmeː.nũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [per.ɡaˈmɛː.num]

Noun

pergamēnum n (genitive pergamēnī); second declension

1. parchment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	pergamēnum	pergamēna
genitive	pergamēnī	pergamēnōrum
dative	pergamēnō	pergamēnīs
accusative	pergamēnum	pergamēna
ablative	pergamēnō	pergamēnīs
vocative	pergamēnum	pergamēna

References

• "pergamenum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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