Gratianopolis
Latin
Etymology
From Grātiānus (“Gratian”) + -polis. Gratian's name is from gratia (“favor, esteem”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡraː.ti.aːˈno.po.lis/, [ɡräːt̪iäːˈnɔpɔlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡrat.t͡si.aˈno.po.lis/, [ɡrät̪ː͡s̪iäˈnɔːpolis]
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.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Grātiānopolis |
| Genitive | Grātiānopolis Grātiānopoleos |
| Dative | Grātiānopolī |
| Accusative | Grātiānopolim Grātiānopolin |
| Ablative | Grātiānopolī |
| Vocative | Grātiānopolis Grātiānopolī |
| Locative | Grātiānopolī |
Descendants
- Old Occitan: Graçanòbol
- Occitan: Grenòble
- French: Grenoble
- Arpitan: Grenoblo
- Occitan: Grenòble
- 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