praerogātīvus adj.
prae-rogo, to ask first,
voting first, asked before others
: centuria,
which cast the first vote in the comitia
(originally the century of the equites, afterwards that which obtained the
right by lot).—Hence, as subst
f
. (sc. centuria),
the prerogative century
: praerogativam maiores omen iustorum comitiorum esse
voluerunt: sors praerogativae, L.: Calvum
praerogativae tribunum militum creant, i. e.
the equites
, L.: omen praerogativae, i. e.
in the choice of the century that voted first
: praerogativam referre,
to report the vote of the prerogative century.—A previous choice,
preliminary election
: militaris, L.: comitiorum militarium, L.—
A sure sign, token, prognostic, omen
: voluntatis suae.
