Gratianopolis
Latin
Etymology
From Grātiānus (“Gratian”) + -polis. Gratian's name is from gratia (“favor, esteem”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡraː.ti.aːˈnɔ.pɔ.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡrat̪.t̪͡s̪i.aˈnɔː.po.lis]
Proper noun
Grātiānopolis f sg (genitive Grātiānopolis or Grātiānopoleos); third declension
- (Late Latin) Grenoble (a city in modern France)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Grātiānopolis |
| genitive | Grātiānopolis Grātiānopoleos |
| dative | Grātiānopolī |
| accusative | Grātiānopolim Grātiānopolin |
| ablative | Grātiānopolī |
| vocative | Grātiānopolis Grātiānopolī |
| locative | Grātiānopolī |
Descendants
- Old Occitan: Graçanòbol
- Old Arpitan: Grainovol
- Franco-Provençal: Grainóvol (rare, replaced by Grenoblo in most dialects)
References
- “Gratianopolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Gratianopolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Long, Harry Alfred (1833): Personal and Family Names: A Popular Monograph on the Origin and History of the Nomenclature of the Present and Former Times, p. 41