imperator

• Imperator

Borrowed from Latin imperātor. Doublet of emperor and mpret.

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imperator (plural imperators or imperatores)

1. An emperor.
   • 1843, “TRIUMPHUS”, in William Smith, Charles Anthon, editors, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, 3rd American edition, New York, N.Y., Cincinnati, Oh., Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company, page 1019, column 1:

     But to compensate in some degree for what was then taken away, the custom was introduced of bestowing what was termed Triumphalia Ornamenta, that is, permission to receive the titles bestowed upon, and to appear in public with the robes worn by the imperatores of the commonwealth when they triumphed, and to bequeath to their descendants triumphal statues.

   • 1898 April 16, Paolo Mantegazza, anonymous translator, “From the Nuova Antologia. Regressive Evolution.”, in The Living Age, sixth series, volume XVIII; from the beginning, volume CCXVII, number 2806, Boston, Mass.: The Living Age Company, section VI, page 160, column 2:

     Modern emperors and consuls of the year VIII. are no more the imperatores of ancient Rome, and modern religious organizations are but the phantasms of mediæval corporations.

   • 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 147:

     He said cautiously, "I do not think it right, Imperator."

   • 1990, Robert Newman, “A Dialogue of Power in the Coinage of Antony and Octavian (44–30 B.C.)”, in American Journal of Numismatics, second series, volume 2, New York, N.Y.: The American Numismatic Society, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 53:

     Given the sudden proliferation of self-portraits on the coins of all the imperatores of this period, many of whom certainly had not received such a privilege, such an unattested grant to Antony need not be assumed.

Frequently used in historical fiction.

• imperatrix

• patiromer

Internationalism; ultimately from Latin imperātor.

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imperator (definite accusative imperatoru, plural imperatorlar)

1. emperor

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Borrowed from Latin imperātor.

imperator (plural imperatores)

1. emperor

• induperātor (pre-Classical)

From imperō (“command”), via the radical of its supine imperātum +‎ -tor.

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imperātor m (genitive imperātōris, feminine imperātrīx); third declension

1. commander, general, chief, master, person in charge
2. emperor, ruler, commander-in-chief

Third-declension noun.

• imperātrīx

• eximperātor
• prō salūte Imperātōris

• imperātīvus
• imperiālis
• imperium

(All of the Italo-Western forms are suspected of being semi-learned on account of the survival of the Latin /e/.)

• “imperator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imperator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imperator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to succeed some one as general: alicui imperatori succedere
    
• “imperator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imperator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “imperator”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Learned borrowing from Latin imperātor.

• IPA^(key): /im.pɛˈra.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: im‧pe‧ra‧tor

imperator m pers (female equivalent imperatorowa)

1. emperor (ruler of an empire)

• imperator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• imperator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Latin imperator. Doublet of împărat.

imperator m (plural imperatori)

1. imperator

Borrowed from Latin imperātor.

• IPA^(key): /impěraːtor/
• Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧tor

impèrātor m (Cyrillic spelling импѐра̄тор)

1. emperor (ruler of an empire)

imperator (plural imperatorlar)

1. emperor