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)

1. empire

Related terms

• imperare
• imperatore
• imperatrice
• imperiale
• imperioso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

impero

1. 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Latin parō

Latin imperō

From in- + parō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪm.pɛ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈim.pe.ro]

Verb

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

   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, imperārunt, imperāvēre2
	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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		imperāre			imperārī			imperāns			—
future		imperātūrum esse			imperātum īrī			imperātūrus			imperandus
perfect		imperāvisse, imperāsse2			imperātum esse			—			imperātus
future perfect		—			imperātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		imperātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		imperandī		imperandō		imperandum		imperandō		imperātum		imperātū

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "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

• adimperō

Related terms

• imperāns
• imperātīvus
• imperātōr
• imperātōrius
• imperātrīx
• imperātum
• imperiōsus
• imperitō
• imperium

Descendants

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

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^[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

Verb

impero

1. first-person singular present indicative of imperar

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

impero

1. first-person singular present indicative of imperar