praerogatio

Latin

Etymology

From praerogō (“ask first; pay in advance”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯.roˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [präe̯rɔˈɡäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre.roˈɡat.t͡si.o/, [preroˈɡät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

praerogātiō f (genitive praerogātiōnis); third declension

1. A distributing beforehand.
2. A vote, decision or verdict beforehand.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	praerogātiō	praerogātiōnēs
genitive	praerogātiōnis	praerogātiōnum
dative	praerogātiōnī	praerogātiōnibus
accusative	praerogātiōnem	praerogātiōnēs
ablative	praerogātiōne	praerogātiōnibus
vocative	praerogātiō	praerogātiōnēs

Related terms

• praerogātīva
• praerogātīvātius
• praerogātīvus
• praerogātus
• praerogō

References

• “praerogatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praerogatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.