Gratianopolis

Latin

Etymology

From Grātiānus (“Gratian”) +‎ -polis. Gratian's name is from gratia (“favor, esteem”).

Proper noun

Grātiānopolis f sg (genitive Grātiānopolis or Grātiānopoleos); third declension

1. (Late Latin) Grenoble (a city in modern France)

Declension

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

• Old Provençal/Arpitan: Graçanòbol
  • Provençal: Grenòble
    • French: Grenoble
  • Arpitan: Grenoblo

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