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|lshtext=<b>praerŏgātīvus</b>: a, um, adj. [[praerogo]],<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] is asked [[before]] others for his [[opinion]], [[that]] votes [[before]] or [[first]], [[prerogative]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Adj.: [[centuria]] [[praerogativa]], Cic. Planc. 20, 49; cf. Fest. p. 249 Müll.; Becker, Antiq. II. 3, p. 3 sq., and the authorities [[there]] cited; Mommsen, Die Röm. Tribus, p. 64 sq.—More freq.,<br /><b>II</b> Subst.: praerŏgā-tīva, ae, f. (sc. [[tribus]] or [[centuria]]). Lit., the [[tribe]] or [[century]] to [[which]] it [[fell]], by [[lot]], to [[vote]] [[first]] in the Comitia, Cic. Div. 1, 45, 103: [[praerogativa]] Veturia juniorum ([[because]] it [[was]] [[double]], juniorum and seniorum), Liv. 26, 22, 2; cf.: cum [[sors]] praerogativae Aniensi juniorum exisset, id. 24, 7 fin.; cf. id. 26, 22, 2: Q. Fabium et praerogativae et [[primo]] vocatae omnes centuriae consulem dicebant, i. e. the centuriae equitum [[who]], in [[that]] [[ancient]] [[time]], voted [[first]], id. 10, 22, 1; cf.: praerogativae sunt [[tribus]], quae primae [[suffragium]] ferunt [[ante]] jure vocatas. Mos [[enim]] fuerat, quo facilius in comitiis [[concordia]] populi firmaretur, bina omnia de iisdem candidatis [[comitia]] fieri: quorum [[tribus]] primae praerogativae dicebantur, [[quod]] primae rogarentur, quos vellent consules fieri, secundae jure vocatae, [[quod]] in his, sequente [[populo]], ut [[saepe]] contigit, praerogativarum voluntatem, jure omnia complerentur, Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 26.—Collect. of the [[same]]; [[praerogativa]], [[with]] plur.: [[praerogativa]] tribunum militum non petentem creant, Liv. 5, 18, 1.—In plur.: praerogativae of [[two]] [[comitia]], Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 26: [[omen]] praerogativae, i. e. the [[choice]] of the [[century]] [[that]] voted [[first]], [[which]] [[was]] regarded as an [[omen]], id. Mur. 18, 38; cf.: praerogativam [[etiam]] majores [[omen]] justorum comitiorum esse voluerunt, id. Div. 1, 45, 103: praerogativam referre, said of the [[herald]] [[who]] informed the [[magistrate]] holding the [[comitia]] of the [[choice]] of the [[century]] [[that]] voted [[first]], id. ib. 2, 35, 74; also praerogativam renuntiare, id. Phil. 2, 33, 82.—Because the [[other]] tribes or centuries [[readily]] followed the [[praerogativa]]; [[hence]], transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[previous]] [[choice]] or [[election]]: [[militaris]], Liv. 21, 3, 1: comitiorum militarium, id. 3, 51, 8: equitum, id. 28, 9 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[sure]] [[sign]], token, pregnostie, [[omen]]: [[quod]] si triumphi praerogativam putas supplicationem, [[Cato]] ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 5, 2: voluntatis suae, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 26: fecunditatis in feminis, Plin. 7, 16, 14, § 67.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Preference, [[privilege]], [[prerogative]]: [[decoris]] in gemmis, Plin. 37, 9, 46, § 129: magni [[enim]] faciunt provinciales, servari sibi consuetudinem istam, et hujusmodi praerogativas, Dig. 1, 16, 4; cf. ib. 26, 7, 11: [[vetus]] [[illa]] imperatoriae domūs [[praerogativa]], Eum. [[Pan]]. ad Constant. 2; Ambros. in Psa. 43, 13; 118, Serm. 2, 14 fin.

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