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

From in- +‎ parō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈim.pe.roː/, [ˈɪmpɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈim.pe.ro/, [ˈimpero]

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, imperāvēre, imperārunt2
	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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		imperāre	imperāvisse, imperāsse2	imperātūrum esse	imperārī	imperātum esse	imperātum īrī
participles		imperāns	—	imperātūrus	—	imperātus	imperandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		imperandī	imperandō	imperandum	imperandō	imperātum	imperātū

¹At least one use of the archaic "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