praerogativa
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Substantive of praerogātīvus (“that is asked before others for one's opinion, that votes before or first”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /prae̯.ro.ɡaːˈtiː.u̯a/, [präe̯rɔɡäːˈt̪iːu̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pre.ro.ɡaˈti.va/, [preroɡäˈt̪iːvä]
Noun
[edit]praerogātīva f (genitive praerogātīvae); first declension
- The tribe or century to which it fell by lot to vote first in the Comitia.
- The choice of the century that voted first.
- A previous choice, verdict or election.
- A sure sign, token, prognostic or omen.
- A prior preference, privilege, prerogative or claim.
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: prerogative
- → French: prérogative
- → Italian: prerogativa
- → Portuguese: prerrogativa
- → Romanian: prerogativă
- → Russian: прерогатива (prerogativa)
- → Spanish: prerrogativa
References
[edit]- “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