praerogativus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯.ro.ɡaːˈtiː.u̯us/, [präe̯rɔɡäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre.ro.ɡaˈti.vus/, [preroɡäˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

praerogātīvus (feminine praerogātīva, neuter praerogātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. 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

Derived terms

• praerogātīva f

Related terms

• praerogātiō f
• praerogātīvātius m
• praerogātus
• praerogō

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.