imperiosus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • inperiōsus

Etymology

From imperium (“empire, imperial government”) +‎ -ōsus, from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

imperiōsus (feminine imperiōsa, neuter imperiōsum, adverb imperiōsē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. mighty, powerful, puissant, commanding
  2. imperious, domineering, overbearing, tyrannical, dictatorial

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative imperiōsus imperiōsa imperiōsum imperiōsī imperiōsae imperiōsa
genitive imperiōsī imperiōsae imperiōsī imperiōsōrum imperiōsārum imperiōsōrum
dative imperiōsō imperiōsae imperiōsō imperiōsīs
accusative imperiōsum imperiōsam imperiōsum imperiōsōs imperiōsās imperiōsa
ablative imperiōsō imperiōsā imperiōsō imperiōsīs
vocative imperiōse imperiōsa imperiōsum imperiōsī imperiōsae imperiōsa

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “imperiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “imperiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "imperiosus", 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)
  • imperiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “imperiosus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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