{"def":{"lit":"height, elevation","short":"fortified; Pergamus, a place in Asia Minor","long":["a city of Mysia Minor, in Asia Minor, the seat of the dynasties of Attalus and Eumenes, famous for its temple of Aesculapius and the invention and manufacture of parchment"]},"deriv":"from G4444","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈpɛr.ɣɑ.mos","ipa_mod":"ˈpe̞r.ɣɑ.mows","sbl":"pergamos","dic":"PER-ga-mose","dic_mod":"PARE-ga-mose"},"see":["G4444"],"comment":"The river Selinus flowed through it and the Cetius ran past it. It was the birthplace of the physician Galen, and had a great royal library. It also had a Christian church."}