See also: Impero, imperó, and imperò

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /imˈpɛ.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛro
  • Hyphenation: im‧pè‧ro

Etymology 1

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From Latin imperium.

 
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Noun

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impero m (plural imperi)

  1. empire
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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impero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of imperare

Further reading

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  • 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

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Latin

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ parō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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imperō (present infinitive imperāre, perfect active imperāvī, supine imperātum); first conjugation

  1. (with dative) to command, give orders to, impose, demand
    Synonyms: praecipiō, indīcō, praescrībō, ēdīcō, mandō, iniungō, dictō, iubeō, pōnō
    • 1st c. BC, Julius Caesar, Commentarii 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.
  2. to rule, govern
    Synonyms: imperitō, moderor, ōrdinō, dominor, rēgnō, regō, magistrō, gerō

Conjugation

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   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.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: imperate
  • Italian: imperare
  • Portuguese: imperar
  • Spanish: imperar

References

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  • 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[1], 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

Portuguese

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Verb

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impero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of imperar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /imˈpeɾo/ [ĩmˈpe.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: im‧pe‧ro

Verb

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impero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of imperar