Augusta Praetoria

Latin

Alternative forms

• Augusta Praetōria Salassōrum

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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

	singular
nominative	Augusta Praetōria
genitive	Augustae Praetōriae
dative	Augustae Praetōriae
accusative	Augustam Praetōriam
ablative	Augustā Praetōriā
vocative	Augusta Praetōria
locative	Augustae Praetōriae

Related terms

• Augusta Taurīnōrum

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.