Augusta Praetoria

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Augusta Praetōria Salassōrum

Etymology

From Augusta (imperial majesty, the name of several towns) and praetōrius (praetorian).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈɡus.ta prae̯ˈtoː.ri.a/, [äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪ä präe̯ˈt̪oːriä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈɡus.ta preˈto.ri.a/, [äu̯ˈɡust̪ä preˈt̪ɔːriä]

Proper noun

Augusta Praetōria f sg (genitive Augustae Praetōriae); first declension

  1. A city in Gallia Cisalpina, situated in the territory of the Salassi, now Aosta.

Declension

First-declension noun with a first-declension adjective, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Augusta Praetōria
Genitive Augustae Praetōriae
Dative Augustae Praetōriae
Accusative Augustam Praetōriam
Ablative Augustā Praetōriā
Vocative Augusta Praetōria
Locative Augustae Praetōriae

References

  • Praetoria Augusta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Augusta Praetoria”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Praetoria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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