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Etymology edit

From imperium (empire, imperial government) +‎ -ōsus, from imperō (command, order), from im- (form of in) + parō (prepare, arrange; intend).

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Adjective edit

imperiōsus (feminine imperiōsa, neuter imperiōsum, adverb imperiōsē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. mighty, powerful, puissant, commanding
  2. imperious, domineering, overbearing, tyrannical, dictatorial

Declension edit

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

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References edit

  • 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