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 (biblical) The hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. Synonym: Calvary (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 ==== === Noun === Golgotha (plural Golgothas) A charnel house. (UK, slang, obsolete) A hat. == 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 Golgotha Synonym: Bekkeneelberg == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɔɫ.ɡɔ.tʰa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡɔl.ɡo.ta] === Proper noun === Golgotha f sg (genitive Golgothae); first declension Golgotha ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only.