Arabia Petraea

Latin

Etymology

Literally “Petran Arabia”, “Arabia around Petra”. The term postdates the Roman conquest of Nabatea and is not found in older geographers.

Proper noun

Arabia Petraea f sg (genitive Arabiae Petraeae); first declension

1. A province of the Roman Empire from the 2nd century, primarily in modern Jordan and Egypt.

Declension

First-declension noun with a first-declension adjective, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Arabia Petraea
Genitive	Arabiae Petraeae
Dative	Arabiae Petraeae
Accusative	Arabiam Petraeam
Ablative	Arabiā Petraeā
Vocative	Arabia Petraea

Coordinate terms

• Arabia Fēlīx
• Arabia Dēserta

See also

• Nabataea

References

• “Arabia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Arabia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly