praerogativa

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯.ro.ɡaːˈtiː.u̯a/, [präe̯rɔɡäːˈt̪iːu̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre.ro.ɡaˈti.va/, [preroɡäˈt̪iːvä]

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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praerogātīva	praerogātīvae
Genitive	praerogātīvae	praerogātīvārum
Dative	praerogātīvae	praerogātīvīs
Accusative	praerogātīvam	praerogātīvās
Ablative	praerogātīvā	praerogātīvīs
Vocative	praerogātīva	praerogātīvae

Related terms

• praerogātiō
• praerogātīvātius
• praerogātīvus
• praerogātus
• praerogō

Descendants

• → English: prerogative
• → French: prérogative
• → Italian: prerogativa
• → Portuguese: prerrogativa
• → Romanian: prerogativă
• → Russian: прерогатива (prerogativa)
• → Spanish: prerrogativa

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