imperium

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Borrowed from Latin imperium (“power, command”), from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Doublet of empery and empire.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɪəɹi.əm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɪɹi.əm/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm

imperium (countable and uncountable, plural imperia or imperiums)

1. Supreme power; dominion.
2. The right to command the force of the state; sovereignty.

• imperium in imperio

• imperie

Borrowed from Latin imperium.

• IPA^(key): /emˈpeˀɐ̯iɔm/

imperium n (singular definite imperiet, plural indefinite imperier)

1. empire

• “imperium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Latin imperium.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪmˈpeː.ri.ʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ri‧um

imperium n (plural imperia, diminutive imperiumpje n)

1. empire

   Synonyms: keizerrijk, rijk

2. business empire

• imperiaal

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From Dutch imperium, from Latin imperium.

• IPA^(key): /ɪmpeˈriʊm/
• Rhymes: -ʊm, -m
• Hyphenation: im‧pé‧ri‧um

impérium (plural imperium-imperium)

1. empire.

   Synonyms: kekaisaran, kemaharajaan

• émpayar (Standard Malay)

• “imperium” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• inperium

From imperō (“command, order”) +‎ -ium, from im- (form of in) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈpe.ri.um/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈpe.ri.um/,

imperium n (genitive imperiī or imperī); second declension

1. The empire, state, imperial government, realm, dominion.
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.279:

     “imperium sine fīne dedī”

     “I have granted them empire without end.”
     (The poetic voice is that of Jupiter speaking about the Romans.)

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.95–96:

     “quō postquam ventum est, ‘cōnsistitē!’ praescia māter
     ‘nam locus imperiī rūs erit istud’ ait.”

     “After he had arrived there, his prophetic mother said, ‘Halt!, for that countryside will be the place of empire.’”
     (The muse Calliope tells what the prophetess Carmenta said to Carmenta’s son, Evander of Pallantium, after his arrival in Italy.)

2. The right or power to command or be in control; dominion.

   Synonyms: ductus, potestas, arbitrium, auctōritās

3. Absolute command or authority over the empire (or other polity); sovereignty; sway.

   Synonym: diciō

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.532:

     hanc fās imperiī frēna tenēre domum

     It is divine will that this house should hold the reins of empire.

4. (military) Military authority, the command (of an army).
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:

     Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.

     The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.

5. The exercise of authority, rule, law, control, sovereignty.

   Synonyms: diciō, praescrīptum, rēgula

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.20:

     Imperium se ab Caesare per proditionem nullum desiderare

     He desired no sovereignty from Caesar by treachery

6. A command, order, direction, bidding.

   Synonyms: dēcrētum, praeceptum, iussus, ēdictum, ēdictiō, nūntius, scītum, dēcrētiō, mandātum

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• “imperium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imperium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imperium 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)
• imperium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to enlarge the boundaries of a kingdom: fines (imperii) propagare, extendere, (longius) proferre
    
  • the empire reaches to the ends of the world: imperium orbis terrarum terminis definitur
    
  • to be a strict disciplinarian in one's household: severum imperium in suis exercere, tenere (De Sen. 11. 37)
    
  • monarchy: imperium singulare, unius dominatus, regium imperium
    
  • government by the mob: multitudinis dominatus or imperium
    
  • democracy: imperium populi or populare, civitas or res publica popularis
    
  • to confer supreme power on a person: imperium, rerum summam deferre alicui
    
  • to have power over some one: imperium tenere (in aliquem)
    
  • to maintain power, authority: imperium obtinere
    
  • to have unlimited power; to be invested with imperium: cum imperio esse (cf. XVI. 3)
    
  • to hold a high office (such as conferred imperium, i.e. consulatus, dictatura, praetura): in imperio esse
    
  • to prolong the command for a year: imperium in annum prorogare
    
  • to lay down one's power: imperium deponere (Rep. 2. 12. 23)
    
  • absolute power; autocracy: imperium singulare
    
  • to take upon oneself absolute power: imperium, regnum, tyrannidem occupare
    
  • to attack, overthrow a tyranny: imperium oppugnare, percellere
    
  • to prolong a person's command: prorogare alicui imperium (in annum)
    
  • civil and military offices: magistratus et imperia (Sall. Iug. 3. 1)
    
  • to deprive a person of his position as commandant: abrogare alicui imperium
    
  • the command-in-chief: summa belli, imperii (B. G. 2. 4. 7)
    
  • to hold a high command: cum imperio esse
    
  • to be commander-in-chief: imperii summam tenere (Rep. 2. 28)
    
  • to be commander-in-chief: imperii summae praeesse
    
  • to appoint some one commander-in-chief: imperii summam deferre alicui or ad aliquem, tradere alicui
    
  • the command is transferred, passes to some one: imperium transfertur ad aliquem (not transit)
    
  • to depose a person from his command: imperium alicui abrogare (Off.3. 10)
    
  • to make oneself master of a people, country: populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself)
    
  • to make one's submission to some one: se imperio alicuius subicere (not alicui)
    
  • to be subject to some one, under some one's dominion: sub imperio et dicione alicuius esse
    
  • to be subject to some one, under some one's dominion: subiectum esse, obnoxium esse imperio or dicioni alicuius (not simply alicui)
    
  • subjects: qui imperio subiecti sunt
    
• “imperium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “imperium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Borrowed from Latin imperium.

imperium n (definite singular imperiet, indefinite plural imperier, definite plural imperia or imperiene)

1. an empire

• “imperium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Borrowed from Latin imperium.

• IPA^(key): /imˈpeːriʉm/

imperium n (definite singular imperiet, indefinite plural imperium, definite plural imperia)

1. empire

• “imperium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Learned borrowing from Latin imperium.

• IPA^(key): /imˈpɛ.rjum/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrjum
• Syllabification: im‧pe‧rium

imperium n

1. (monarchy) empire (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)

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

Borrowed from Latin imperium, used in Swedish since 1845.

imperium n

1. an empire (state ruled by an emperor or czar)

   Synonyms: kejsardöme, kejsarrike, rike, stormaktsvälde

   Den 6 juni började Italien minera sitt imperiums kuster.

   On June 6 , Italy started to place mines along the coasts of its empire.

2. an empire (huge state or similar sphere of power)
3. an empire (business empire or the like)

• rike

• imperium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• imperium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• imperium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)