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)
- empire
Related terms
- imperare
- imperatore
- imperatrice
- imperiale
- imperioso
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
impero
- 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
- empirò, empori, erompi, meropi, pomeri, premio, premiò, proemi
Latin
Etymology
From in- + parō or pāreō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈim.pe.roː/, [ˈɪmpɛroː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈim.pe.ro/, [ˈimpero]
Verb
imperō (present infinitive imperāre, perfect active imperāvī, supine imperātum); first conjugation
- (with dative) I command, give orders to, impose, demand
- Synonyms: praecipiō, indīcō, praescrībō, ēdīcō, mandō, iniungō, dictō, iubeō, pōnō
- 1st c. BC, Julius Caesar, 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.
- Eorum qui domum redierunt, censu habito, ut Caesar imperaverat, repertus est numerus milium centum et decem.
- I 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, imperāvēre, imperārunt2 | |
| 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 | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | imperāre | imperāvisse, imperāsse2 | imperātūrum esse | imperārī | imperātum esse | imperātum īrī | |
| participles | imperāns | — | imperātūrus | — | imperātus | imperandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| imperandī | imperandō | imperandum | imperandō | imperātum | imperātū | ||
1At least one use of the archaic "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.
Related terms
- imperāns
- imperātīvus
- imperātōr
- imperātōrius
- imperātrīx
- imperātum
- imperiōsus
- imperitō
- imperium
Descendants
- Catalan: emprar
- → English: imperate
- Italian: imperare
- Portuguese: imperar
- Spanish: imperar, emperar, emprar
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, 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
- to have self-control; to restrain oneself, master one's inclinations: sibi imperare or continere et coercere se ipsum
Portuguese
Verb
impero
- first-person singular present indicative of imperar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imˈpeɾo/ [ĩmˈpe.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: im‧pe‧ro
Verb
impero
- first-person singular present indicative of imperar