praerogativus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From praerogō (“to ask first; pay in advance”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯.ro.ɡaːˈtiː.u̯us/, [präe̯rɔɡäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pre.ro.ɡaˈti.vus/, [preroɡäˈt̪iːvus]
Adjective edit
praerogātīvus (feminine praerogātīva, neuter praerogātīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- That is asked before others for one's opinion, that votes before or first, prerogative.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | praerogātīvus | praerogātīva | praerogātīvum | praerogātīvī | praerogātīvae | praerogātīva | |
| Genitive | praerogātīvī | praerogātīvae | praerogātīvī | praerogātīvōrum | praerogātīvārum | praerogātīvōrum | |
| Dative | praerogātīvō | praerogātīvō | praerogātīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | praerogātīvum | praerogātīvam | praerogātīvum | praerogātīvōs | praerogātīvās | praerogātīva | |
| Ablative | praerogātīvō | praerogātīvā | praerogātīvō | praerogātīvīs | |||
| Vocative | praerogātīve | praerogātīva | praerogātīvum | praerogātīvī | praerogātīvae | praerogātīva | |
Derived terms edit
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References edit
- “praerogativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praerogativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praerogativus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- praerogativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.