praetorianus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯.toː.riˈaː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pre.t̪o.riˈaː.nus]
Adjective
praetōriānus (feminine praetōriāna, neuter praetōriānum); first/second-declension adjective
- praetorian
- (relational) bodyguard
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | praetōriānus | praetōriāna | praetōriānum | praetōriānī | praetōriānae | praetōriāna | |
| genitive | praetōriānī | praetōriānae | praetōriānī | praetōriānōrum | praetōriānārum | praetōriānōrum | |
| dative | praetōriānō | praetōriānae | praetōriānō | praetōriānīs | |||
| accusative | praetōriānum | praetōriānam | praetōriānum | praetōriānōs | praetōriānās | praetōriāna | |
| ablative | praetōriānō | praetōriānā | praetōriānō | praetōriānīs | |||
| vocative | praetōriāne | praetōriāna | praetōriānum | praetōriānī | praetōriānae | praetōriāna | |
Descendants
- Catalan: pretorià
- French: prétorien
- Galician: pretoriano
- Italian: pretoriano
- Portuguese: pretoriano
- Spanish: pretoriano
References
- “praetorianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praetorianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praetorianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.