pergula

Noun

pergula (plural pergulas or pergulae)

1. Alternative form of pergola

Anagrams

• earplug, graupel, plaguer

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ɡu.la/, [ˈpɛr.ɡʊ.ɫa]

Noun

pergula f (genitive pergulae); first declension

1. A booth, stall or shop in front of a house
2. A hut or hovel
3. A brothel
4. An arbour
5. A framework supporting a vine or plant

References

• pergula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pergula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pergula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pergula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• pergula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pergula in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 460