Augusta Praetoria

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Augusta Praetōria Salassōrum === Etymology === From Augusta (“imperial majesty”, the name of several towns) and praetōrius (“praetorian”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯ˈɡʊs.ta prae̯ˈtoː.ri.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯ˈɡus.ta preˈtɔː.ri.a] === 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. ==== Related terms ==== Augusta Taurīnōrum === 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.