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noun

pergŭla

gen. pergŭlae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
pergo; cf. tegula, from tego.
A projection; shed; a booth
A projection or shed in front of a house, used as a booth, stall, shop; of an exchanger, Plin. 21, 3, 6, § 8; of a paintingroom, studio, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84; Lucil. ap. Lact. 1, 22.—
A shop
A shop, Dig. 5, 1, 19.—
A school; a lecture-room by extension ••
A school, a lecture-room: mathematici pergula, Suet. Aug. 94: in pergulā docuit, id. Gram. 18: pergulae magistrales, Vop. Sat. 10 fin.—Transf.: cui cedere debeat omnis Pergula, the whole school, all the scholars, Juv. 11, 137.—
A brothel
A brothel, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 79; Prop. 5, 5, 70.—
A vine-arbor •
A vine-arbor, Col. 4, 21; 11, 2: umbrosae, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 11.—
A hut; hovel •
A hut, hovel (opp. aedes): in pergulā natus, Petr. 74; Aus. Ep. 4, 6.
Perseus ID: n35010 Key: pergula