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]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.pe.riˈo.sus/, [imperiˈɔːs̬us]

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.

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

• imperitō
• imperium
• imperiābiliter
• imperiālis
• imperābiliter
• imperāns
• imperātrīx
• imperātum
• imperātus
• imperātīvus
• imperātīvē
• imperātōr
• imperātōrius
• imperātōriē
• imperō

 

Descendants

• Catalan: imperiós
• → English: imperious
• French: impérieux
• Galician: imperioso
• Italian: imperioso
• Portuguese: imperioso
• Romanian: imperios
• Spanish: imperioso
• Translingual: †Dynamosaurus imperiosus, †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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray