Gratianopolis

Latin

Etymology

From Grātiānus (“Gratian”) +‎ -polis. Gratian's name is from gratia (“favor, esteem”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡraː.ti.aːˈno.po.lis/, [ɡräːt̪iäːˈnɔpɔlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡrat.t͡si.aˈno.po.lis/, [ɡrät̪ː͡s̪iäˈnɔːpolis]

Proper noun

Grātiānopolis f sg (genitive Grātiānopolis or Grātiānopoleos); third declension

1. (Late Latin) Grenoble (a city in modern France)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Grātiānopolis
genitive	Grātiānopolis Grātiānopoleos
dative	Grātiānopolī
accusative	Grātiānopolim Grātiānopolin
ablative	Grātiānopolī
vocative	Grātiānopolis Grātiānopolī
locative	Grātiānopolī

Descendants

• Old Occitan: Graçanòbol
  • Occitan: Grenòble
    • French: Grenoble
  • Arpitan: Grenoblo
• Old Arpitan: Grainovol
  • Franco-Provençal: Grainóvol (rare, replaced by Grenoblo in most dialects)

References

• “Gratianopolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Gratianopolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Long, Harry Alfred (1833): Personal and Family Names: A Popular Monograph on the Origin and History of the Nomenclature of the Present and Former Times, p. 41