Golgotha
English
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ) from the Aramaic גּלגּלת.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Gol‧go‧tha
Proper noun
Golgotha
- (biblical) The hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.
- Synonym: Calvary
- (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.
- 1726, Nicholas Amhurst, Terræ-filius: or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford (No. XI), page 59:
Translations
the crucifixion hill — see also Calvary
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Noun
Golgotha (plural Golgothas)
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…"
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Golgotha, from Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ), from Aramaic גּלגּלת.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Golgotha f
- Golgotha
- Synonym: Bekkeneelberg
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
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Golgotha |
Genitive | Golgothae |
Dative | Golgothae |
Accusative | Golgotham |
Ablative | Golgothā |
Vocative | Golgotha |
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