perrogatio

Latin

Etymology

From perrogō (“ask in turn; pass a law”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /per.roˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [pɛrːɔˈɡäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /per.roˈɡat.t͡si.o/, [perːoˈɡät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

perrogātiō f (genitive perrogātiōnis); third declension

1. A decree.
2. The action of asking persons in succession.
3. (law) The passage of a law.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	perrogātiō	perrogātiōnēs
genitive	perrogātiōnis	perrogātiōnum
dative	perrogātiōnī	perrogātiōnibus
accusative	perrogātiōnem	perrogātiōnēs
ablative	perrogātiōne	perrogātiōnibus
vocative	perrogātiō	perrogātiōnēs

Related terms

• perrogō

References

• “perrogatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perrogatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perrogatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.