impero

See also: Impero, imperó, and imperò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imˈpɛ.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛro
  • Hyphenation: im‧pè‧ro

Etymology 1

From Latin imperium.

Noun

impero m (plural imperi)

  1. empire

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

impero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of imperare

Further reading

  • impero in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • impero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • impero in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • impero in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • impero in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • impero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ parō.

Pronunciation

Verb

imperō (present infinitive imperāre, perfect active imperāvī, supine imperātum); first conjugation

  1. (with dative) to command, give orders to, impose, demand
    Synonyms: praecipiō, indīcō, praescrībō, ēdīcō, mandō, iniungō, dictō, iubeō, pōnō
    • 1st c. BC, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico:
      Eorum qui domum redierunt, censu habito, ut Caesar imperaverat, repertus est numerus milium centum et decem.
      A census of those who went home having been taken, as Caesar had commanded, the number of soldiers was found to be one hundred and ten.
  2. to rule, govern
    Synonyms: imperitō, moderor, ōrdinō, dominor, rēgnō, regō, magistrō, gerō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of imperō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present imperō imperās imperat imperāmus imperātis imperant
imperfect imperābam imperābās imperābat imperābāmus imperābātis imperābant
future imperābō imperābis imperābit imperābimus imperābitis imperābunt
perfect imperāvī imperāvistī,
imperāstī2 		imperāvit,
imperāt2 		imperāvimus,
imperāmus2 		imperāvistis,
imperāstis2 		imperāvērunt,
imperārunt,
imperāvēre2
pluperfect imperāveram,
imperāram2 		imperāverās,
imperārās2 		imperāverat,
imperārat2 		imperāverāmus,
imperārāmus2 		imperāverātis,
imperārātis2 		imperāverant,
imperārant2
future perfect imperāverō,
imperārō2 		imperāveris,
imperāris2 		imperāverit,
imperārit2 		imperāverimus,
imperārimus2 		imperāveritis,
imperāritis2 		imperāverint,
imperārint2
sigmatic future1 imperāssō imperāssis imperāssit imperāssimus imperāssitis imperāssint
passive present imperor imperāris,
imperāre 		imperātur imperāmur imperāminī imperantur
imperfect imperābar imperābāris,
imperābāre 		imperābātur imperābāmur imperābāminī imperābantur
future imperābor imperāberis,
imperābere 		imperābitur imperābimur imperābiminī imperābuntur
perfect imperātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect imperātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect imperātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present imperem imperēs imperet imperēmus imperētis imperent
imperfect imperārem imperārēs imperāret imperārēmus imperārētis imperārent
perfect imperāverim,
imperārim2 		imperāverīs,
imperārīs2 		imperāverit,
imperārit2 		imperāverīmus,
imperārīmus2 		imperāverītis,
imperārītis2 		imperāverint,
imperārint2
pluperfect imperāvissem,
imperāssem2 		imperāvissēs,
imperāssēs2 		imperāvisset,
imperāsset2 		imperāvissēmus,
imperāssēmus2 		imperāvissētis,
imperāssētis2 		imperāvissent,
imperāssent2
sigmatic aorist1 imperāssim imperāssīs imperāssīt imperāssīmus imperāssītis imperāssint
passive present imperer imperēris,
imperēre 		imperētur imperēmur imperēminī imperentur
imperfect imperārer imperārēris,
imperārēre 		imperārētur imperārēmur imperārēminī imperārentur
perfect imperātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect imperātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — imperā — — imperāte —
future — imperātō imperātō — imperātōte imperantō
passive present — imperāre — — imperāminī —
future — imperātor imperātor — — imperantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present imperāre imperārī imperāns —
future imperātūrum esse imperātum īrī imperātūrus imperandus
perfect imperāvisse,
imperāsse2 		imperātum esse — imperātus
future perfect — imperātum fore — —
perfect potential imperātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
imperandī imperandō imperandum imperandō imperātum imperātū

1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: imperate
  • → Italian: imperare
  • → Portuguese: imperar
  • → Spanish: imperar

References

  • “impero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “impero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • impero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to have self-control; to restrain oneself, master one's inclinations: sibi imperare or continere et coercere se ipsum
    • to overcome one's passions: imperare cupiditatibus
    • to compel communities to provide troops: imperare milites civitatibus
    • to compel communities to provide hostages: obsides civitatibus imperare

Portuguese

Verb

impero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of imperar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imˈpeɾo/ [ĩmˈpe.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: im‧pe‧ro

Verb

impero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of imperar
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