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