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 Latin) 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

mighty, powerful, puissant, commanding
imperious, domineering, overbearing, tyrannical, dictatorial

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	imperiōsus	imperiōsa	imperiōsum	imperiōsī	imperiōsae	imperiōsa
Genitive	imperiōsī	imperiōsae	imperiōsī	imperiōsōrum	imperiōsārum	imperiōsōrum
Dative	imperiōsō	imperiōsae	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

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