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 (city in modern France)

Declension

Third declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Grātiānopolis
Genitive Grātiānopolis
Grātiānopoleos
Dative Grātiānopolī
Accusative Grātiānopolim
Grātiānopolin
Ablative Grātiānopolī
Vocative Grātiānopolis
Grātiānopolī
Locative Grātiānopolī

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
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