Golgotha

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ) from the Aramaic גּלגּלת.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Golgotha

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

   Synonym: Calvary

2. (Oxbridge slang) The rooms of the heads of the colleges (a pun on "the place of the skulls / heads"). [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 juriſsdiction.

Translations

the crucifixion hill — see also Calvary

• 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
• Faroese: Golgata n
• Finnish: Golgata
• French: Golgotha (fr)
• German: Golgotha (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: Γολγοθάς (el) m (Golgothás)

  Ancient: Γολγοθᾶ f (Golgothâ)

• Latin: Golgotha f
• Malay: Golgota (Christianity)
• Navajo: Gálgatha
• Polish: Golgota (pl) f
• Portuguese: Gólgota m
• Russian: Голго́фа f (Golgófa)
• Spanish: Gólgota
• Swedish: Golgata (sv)

Noun

Golgotha (plural Golgothas)

1. A charnel house.

Quotations

• Template:RQ:Authorized Version

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

• 1726, Terræ Filius No. XI:

  "…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…"

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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

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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