Golgotha

English

Etymology

• From the Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ) from the Aramaic גּוּלְגּוּלְתָּא (gulgultā).
• (rooms of the heads of the colleges; a hat): Punning on "the place of the skulls/heads".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒlɡəθə/, /ɡɒlˈɡɒθə/
• Hyphenation: Gol‧go‧tha

Proper noun

Golgotha

1. (biblical) The hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.

   Synonym: Calvary

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 19:17:

     "And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha"

2. (Oxbridge slang, obsolete) The rooms of the heads of the colleges. [18th–19th c.]
   • 1726, Nicholas Amhurst, Terræ-filius: or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford (No. XI), page 59:

     But Printing is not the only, nor the principal uſe, for which theſe ſtupendous ſtone-walls were erected; for here is that famous apartment, by idle wits and buffoons nick-named Golgotha, i.e. the place of Sculls or Heads of colleges and halls, where they meet and debate upon all extraordinary affairs, which occur within the precincts of their juriſdiction.

Translations

the crucifixion hill — see also Calvary

• Afrikaans: Golgota
• Aghwan: 𐔱𐔼𐕎𐕟𐔴𐕀𐕒𐕡𐔿 (binc̣'exun'), 𐔲𐕒𐔾𐔲𐕒𐔸𐔰 (golgota)
• Arabic: جمجمة f (jumjuma)
• Armenian: Գողգոթա (hy) (Goġgotʻa)
• Bulgarian: Голгота f (Golgota)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 各各他 (gok³ gok³ taa¹)

  Mandarin: 各各他 (Gègètā)

• Czech: Golgota (cs) f
• Dutch: Golgotha f
• Esperanto: Golgoto
• Faroese: Golgata n
• Finnish: Golgata
• French: Golgotha (fr)
• German: Golgotha (de)
• Greek: Γολγοθάς (el) m (Golgothás)

  Ancient: Γολγοθᾶ f (Golgothâ)

• Indonesian: Golgota
• Latin: Golgotha f
• Malay: Golgota (Christianity)
• Navajo: Gálgatha
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Golgata

  Nynorsk: Golgata

• Polish: Golgota (pl) f
• Portuguese: Gólgota m
• Russian: Голго́фа f (Golgófa)
• Spanish: Gólgota
• Swedish: Golgata (sv)

Noun

Golgotha (plural Golgothas)

1. A charnel house.
2. (UK, slang, obsolete) A hat.
   • 1879, Thomas Southwell, Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, page 271:

     […] to the hat-rail; when Wigg went to put it on, it of course resisted, and giving it a spatch, off came the brim. In his fury at the destruction of his “Golgotha,” Wigg rushed to the counter, and seizing a fifty sovereign brass weight, hurled it […]

   • 1887, W. T. Eady, I.D.B. Or, The Adventures of Solomon Davis on the Diamond Fields and Elsewhere, page 165:

     […] and finally raised his hat and put it on again, cocked back on one side of his head in exact imitation of the manner in which the tall man carried his golgotha.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Golgota

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Golgotha, from Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ), from Aramaic גּלגּלת.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɔl.ɣoːˌtaː/
• Hyphenation: Gol‧go‧tha

Proper noun

Golgotha f

1. Golgotha

   Synonym: Bekkeneelberg

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡol.ɡo.tʰa/, [ˈɡɔɫ̪ɡɔt̪ʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡol.ɡo.ta/, [ˈɡɔlɡot̪ä]

Proper noun

Golgotha f sg (genitive Golgothae); first declension

1. Golgotha

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Golgotha
Genitive	Golgothae
Dative	Golgothae
Accusative	Golgotham
Ablative	Golgothā
Vocative	Golgotha