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Latin
Etymology
From Augusta (“imperial majesty”, the name of several towns) and praetōrius (“praetorian”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Augusta Praetōria f sg (genitive Augustae Praetōriae); first declension
- A city in Cisalpine Gaul, situated in the territory of the Salassi, now Aosta.
Declension
First-declension noun with a first-declension adjective, with locative, singular only.
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.