praerogativa

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Latin

Etymology

Substantive of praerogātīvus (“that is asked before others for one's opinion, that votes before or first”).

Pronunciation

Noun

praerogātīva f (genitive praerogātīvae); first declension

  1. The tribe or century to which it fell by lot to vote first in the Comitia.
  2. The choice of the century that voted first.
  3. A previous choice, verdict or election.
  4. A sure sign, token, prognostic or omen.
  5. A prior preference, privilege, prerogative or claim.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative praerogātīva praerogātīvae
genitive praerogātīvae praerogātīvārum
dative praerogātīvae praerogātīvīs
accusative praerogātīvam praerogātīvās
ablative praerogātīvā praerogātīvīs
vocative praerogātīva praerogātīvae

Descendants

References

  • “praerogativa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praerogativa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “praerogativa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “praerogativa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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