Latin

Noun

praerogātīva f ‎(genitive praerogātīvae); first declension

1. The tribe or century to which it fell by lot to vote first in the Comitia.
2. The choice of the century that voted first.
3. A previous choice, verdict or election.
4. A sure sign, token, prognostic or omen.
5. A prior preference, privilege, prerogative or claim.

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: prerogative
• Russian: прерогатива ‎(prerogativa)

References

• praerogativa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praerogativa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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