praerogativus
Latin
Etymology
From praerogō (“to ask first; pay in advance”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯.rɔ.ɡaːˈtiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pre.ro.ɡaˈt̪iː.vus]
Adjective
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
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | praerogātīvus | praerogātīva | praerogātīvum | praerogātīvī | praerogātīvae | praerogātīva | |
| genitive | praerogātīvī | praerogātīvae | praerogātīvī | praerogātīvōrum | praerogātīvārum | praerogātīvōrum | |
| dative | praerogātīvō | praerogātīvae | praerogātīvō | praerogātīvīs | |||
| accusative | praerogātīvum | praerogātīvam | praerogātīvum | praerogātīvōs | praerogātīvās | praerogātīva | |
| ablative | praerogātīvō | praerogātīvā | praerogātīvō | praerogātīvīs | |||
| vocative | praerogātīve | praerogātīva | praerogātīvum | praerogātīvī | praerogātīvae | praerogātīva | |
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References
- “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.