Gratianopolis

== Latin == === Etymology === From Grātiānus (“Gratian”) +‎ -polis. Gratian's name is from gratia (“favor, esteem”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡraː.ti.aːˈnɔ.pɔ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡrat.t͡si.aˈnɔː.po.lis] === Proper noun === Grātiānopolis f sg (genitive Grātiānopolis or Grātiānopoleos); third declension (Late Latin) Grenoble (a city in modern France) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only. ==== 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