Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 843.imperium on page 843
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imperium supreme power
imperium is a Latin Noun that primarily means supreme power.
Definitions for imperium
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
power to command, supreme power, authority, command, control
English derivatives:
imperial imperialism imperious empire
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The supreme administrative power, in Rome exercised at first by the kings, and subsequently by certain magistrates and provincial governors. (b) (w. defining adj.). (c) the power exercised by the Roman emperors.
- 2
(a) The authority exercised by the head of a household, a father, mother, husband, etc. (b) supreme military power, command. (c) supreme authority in any sphere.
- 3
An office, magistracy, or command involving supreme power. (b) a particular tenure of such an office.
Sentences with imperium
Latin to English
Hīs duōbus virīs imperium tenentibus, rēs pūblica valēbit.Compare If (since, etc.) these two men hold the power, the republic will be strong.
At tyrannō expulsō, alius tyrannus imperium saepe accipit.Compare But after a tyrant has been expelled, another tyrant often gets the power.
Illī stultī semper rogant quid sit melius quam imperium aut pecūnia.Compare Those foolish men always ask what is better than power or money.
Haec cupimus ut vītam pulchriōrem agāmus; nam pecūnia sōla et imperium possunt hominēs dūrōs facere, ut fēlicēs nōn sint.Compare These things we desire so that we may live a finer life; for money alone and power can make men harsh, so that they are not happy.
Caesar cūrāvit ut imperium suum maximum in cīvitāte fieret.Compare Caesar took care that his power be made greatest in the state.
Meliōrī ducī maius imperium et plūs pecūniae dedērunt.Compare They gave the better leader greater power and more money.
Imperium istīus tyrannī tantum erat ut senātus eum expellere nōn posset.Compare The power of that tyrant was so great that the senate could not drive him out.
Eō imperium tenente, ēventum timeō.Compare With him holding the power, I fear the outcome.
Declension table for imperium
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | imperium | imperia |
| Gen. | imperī / -iī | imperiōrum |
| Dat. | imperiō | imperiīs |
| Acc. | imperium | imperia |
| Abl. | imperiō | imperiīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 158.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 843.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "imperium, imperiī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/imperium-imperii.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 158.imperium, imperiī on page 158
