Gratianopolis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Grātiānus (“Gratian”) + -polis. Gratian's name is from gratia (“favor, esteem”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡraː.ti.aːˈno.po.lis/, [ɡräːt̪iäːˈnɔpɔlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡrat.t͡si.aˈno.po.lis/, [ɡrät̪ː͡s̪iäˈnɔːpolis]
Proper noun
[edit]Grātiānopolis f sg (genitive Grātiānopolis or Grātiānopoleos); third declension
- (Late Latin) Grenoble (a city in modern France)
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Grātiānopolis |
Genitive | Grātiānopolis Grātiānopoleos |
Dative | Grātiānopolī |
Accusative | Grātiānopolim Grātiānopolin |
Ablative | Grātiānopolī |
Vocative | Grātiānopolis Grātiānopolī |
Locative | Grātiānopolī |
Descendants
[edit]- Old Occitan: Graçanòbol
- Old Arpitan: Grainovol
- Franco-Provençal: Grainóvol (rare, replaced by Grenoblo in most dialects)
References
[edit]- “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