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.

Case	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.