LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

pēgma

pēgma n (genitive pēgmatis)
Classical[ˈpeːɡ.ma]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛɡ.ma]

Meaning

  1. a bookcase
  2. a scaffold
    from the Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (Epistle 88) of Seneca the YoungerTo this class you may assign the stage-machinists, who invent scaffolding that goes aloft of its own accord...
  3. a fixture made of boards, for use or ornament, belonging to a house

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepēgmapēgmata
genitivepēgmatispēgmatum
dativepēgmatīpēgmatibus
accusativepēgmapēgmata
ablativepēgmatepēgmatibus
vocativepēgmapēgmata

pēgma, ătis, n., = πῆγμα,
I. a fixture made of boards, for use or ornament, belonging to a house.
I. In gen.: atricrum pegmata, Aus. Epigr. 26: in emptionem domus et specularia et pegmata cedere solent, Dig. 33, 7, 12.—
II. In partic.
A. A bookcase, Cic. Att. 4, 8, a fin.—
B. A piece of wooden machinery in the theatre, which rose and fell, opened and shut of itself, and with which players were suddenly raised aloft, Sen. Ep. 88, 19; Plin. 33, 3, 16, § 53: si automatum vel pegma vel quid tale aliud parum cessisset, Suet. Claud. 34; Phaedr 5, 7, 7; Juv. 4, 122; Mart. 8, 33, 3; Vop. Carin. 19.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πῆγμα (pêgma).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesPegmaPegma (πῆγμα), a structure of planks joined together, and so in its simplest form shelves in the atrium for imagines (Auson. Epigr. 26, 10) or book-sh…

Quick answers

What does pēgma mean in Latin?
pēgma, a noun, means “a bookcase; a scaffold; a fixture made of boards, for use or ornament, belonging to a house”.
What is the genitive of pēgma?
The genitive singular is pēgmatis. pēgma is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce pēgma?
In classical Latin, [ˈpeːɡ.ma]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɛɡ.ma].