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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /im.pe.riˈoː.sus/, [ɪmpɛriˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /im.pe.riˈo.sus/, [imperiˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective
imperiōsus (feminine imperiōsa, neuter imperiōsum, adverb imperiōsē); first/second-declension adjective
- mighty, powerful, puissant, commanding
- imperious, domineering, overbearing, tyrannical, dictatorial
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | imperiōsus | imperiōsa | imperiōsum | imperiōsī | imperiōsae | imperiōsa | |
| Genitive | imperiōsī | imperiōsae | imperiōsī | imperiōsōrum | imperiōsārum | imperiōsōrum | |
| Dative | imperiōsō | imperiōsō | imperiōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | imperiōsum | imperiōsam | imperiōsum | imperiōsōs | imperiōsās | imperiōsa | |
| Ablative | imperiōsō | imperiōsā | imperiōsō | imperiōsīs | |||
| Vocative | imperiōse | imperiōsa | imperiōsum | imperiōsī | imperiōsae | imperiōsa | |
Derived terms
- imperiōsē
Related terms
- imperābiliter
- imperāns
- imperātīvē
- imperātīvus
- imperātōr
- imperātōriē
- imperātōrius
- imperātrīx
- imperātum
- imperātus
- imperiābiliter
- imperiālis
- imperitō
- imperium
- imperō
Descendants
- Catalan: imperiós
- → English: imperious
- French: impérieux
- Galician: imperioso
- Italian: imperioso
- Portuguese: imperioso
- Spanish: imperioso
- Translingual: Dynamosaurus imperiosus
- Translingual: Tyrannosaurus imperiosus
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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray