praetorianus

Latin

Etymology

From praetor +‎ -iānus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯.toː.riˈaː.nus/, [präe̯t̪oːriˈäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre.to.riˈa.nus/, [pret̪oriˈäːnus]

Adjective

praetōriānus (feminine praetōriāna, neuter praetōriānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. praetorian
2. (relational) bodyguard

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	praetōriānus	praetōriāna	praetōriānum		praetōriānī	praetōriānae	praetōriāna
Genitive	praetōriānī	praetōriānae	praetōriānī		praetōriānōrum	praetōriānārum	praetōriānōrum
Dative	praetōriānō		praetōriānō		praetōriānīs
Accusative	praetōriānum	praetōriānam	praetōriānum		praetōriānōs	praetōriānās	praetōriāna
Ablative	praetōriānō	praetōriānā	praetōriānō		praetōriānīs
Vocative	praetōriāne	praetōriāna	praetōriānum		praetōriānī	praetōriānae	praetōriāna

Descendants

• Catalan: pretorià
• French: prétorien
• Galician: pretoriano
• Italian: pretoriano
• Portuguese: pretoriano
• Spanish: pretoriano

References

• “praetorianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praetorianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praetorianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.