imperia
See also: Imperia
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
Noun
imperia
- plural of imperium
- 2002, John H. Bodley, The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach, M.E. Sharpe, Inc., →ISBN, page 4, →ISBN:
- Imperia, Social Power, and Scale
Imperia are important keys to understanding past, present, and future cultural development. Imperia is the plural of imperium, the Latin word for command over others, rule by an individual, or rule by an elite few. […] Imperia include antidemocratic command structures. Imperia exist wherever control is permanently exercised by an individual or an elite minority who are fewer than half of the members of any social group. Clans and lineages can be organized as imperia. […] Where there are cultural opportunities for elites to construct large imperia, and effective limits on power are absent, power elites may become a privileged minority who are able to impose their will on the majority.
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Esperanto
Etymology
From imperio (“empire”) + -a.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): [impeˈria]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ri‧a
Adjective
imperia (accusative singular imperian, plural imperiaj, accusative plural imperiajn)
- imperial
Latin
Noun
imperia
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of imperium
References
- imperia 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)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- imperiene
Noun
imperia n
- definite plural of imperium
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
imperia n pl
- definite plural of imperium