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.
| 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