Augusta Praetoria

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Augusta Praetōria Salassōrum

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. a city in Cisalpine Gaul, situated in the territory of the Salassi, now Aosta.

Declension

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

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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