noun · femininefirst declension
pergula
pergula f (genitive pergulae)
Classical[ˈpɛr.ɡʊ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛr.ɡu.la]
Meaning
- feminineA booth, stall or shop in front of a house
- feminineA hut or hovel
- feminineA brothel
- feminineA pergola
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pergula | pergulae |
| genitive | pergulae | pergulārum |
| dative | pergulae | pergulīs |
| accusative | pergulam | pergulās |
| ablative | pergulā | pergulīs |
| vocative | pergula | pergulae |
pergŭla, ae, f. pergo; cf. tegula, from tego.
1. A projection or shed in front of a house, used as a booth, stall, shop; of an exchanger, Plin. 21, 3, 6, § 8; of a paintingroom, studio, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84; Lucil. ap. Lact. 1, 22.—
2. A shop, Dig. 5, 1, 19.—
3. A school, a lecture-room:
mathematici pergula, Suet. Aug. 94: in pergulā docuit, id. Gram. 18: pergulae magistrales, Vop. Sat. 10 fin.—Transf.: cui cedere debeat omnis Pergula, the whole school, all the scholars, Juv. 11, 137.—5. A vine-arbor, Col. 4, 21; 11, 2:
umbrosae, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 11.—6. A hut, hovel (opp. aedes):
in pergulā natus, Petr. 74; Aus. Ep. 4, 6.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pergula ae, f
pergo, a school, lecture-room : omnis, the whole school , Iu.— A brothel , Pr.
Origins
The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Lithuanian pérgas (“canoe”), Old Church Slavonic прагъ (pragŭ, “doorpost”), Old Norse forkr (“bar, stick”), but the meanings are too divergent.
Italo-Romance
- Italianpergola
- Italianpréula
- Neapolitanpérrua
- Sicilianprègula
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianpârghie
- Aromanianpergurã
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseprégua
- Asturianpiérgola
- Asturianpriégola
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianpiergule
Gallo-Romance
- Franco-Provençalpe̢rtya
- Franco-Provençalpe̢rkła
Borrowings
- Albanianpjergull
Elsewhere
- Lombardbérko̢lafrom Vulgar Latin *bercula
- Franco-Provençalbergolafrom Vulgar Latin *bercula
- Franco-Provençalbe̢rχłafrom Vulgar Latin *bercula
- Franco-Provençalbe̢rχafrom Vulgar Latin *bercula
- Franco-Provençalbe̢rϑafrom Vulgar Latin *bercula
- Franco-Provençalbé̢rfafrom Vulgar Latin *bercula
- Franco-Provençalbe̢rkłafrom Vulgar Latin *bercula
- Franco-Provençalbercllafrom Vulgar Latin *bercula
- Franco-Provençalbé̢rtsẹfrom Vulgar Latin *bercula