Arabia Petraea
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Literally “Petran Arabia”, “Arabia around Petra”. The term postdates the Roman conquest of Nabatea and is not found in older geographers.
Proper noun edit
Arabia Petraea f sg (genitive Arabiae Petraeae); first declension
- A province of the Roman Empire from the 2nd century, primarily in modern Jordan and Egypt.
Declension edit
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 edit
See also edit
References edit
- “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