Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 844.imperō on page 844
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imperāre to command
imperāre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to command.
Definitions for imperāre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
+dat., to give orders to, command
English derivatives:
imperative emperor
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To demand the production or payment of, order, levy.
- 2
To enjoin, order, prescribe. (b) exercitum ~are, to mobilize an army.
- 3
To give orders (to), command. (b) (transf.) to make demands (on).
- 4
(w. obj. cls.) To give orders, command (that): (a) (w. ut, ne+subj.). (b) (w. dependent jussive subj.). (c) (w. acc. and inf., also pass., w. nom. and inf.). (d) (w. inf.). (e) (w. indir. qu.).
- 5
(gram.) To express a command.
Sentences with imperāre
Latin to English
Imperō mīlitibus.Compare I command the soldiers.
Imperāvit tribus mīlitibus ut pācem petītum Rōmam adīrentCompare He ordered the three soldiers to go to Rome to seek peace.
Praestat enim nēminī imperāre quam alicui servīre: sine illo enim vīvere honestē licet, cum hōc vīvendi nūlla condiciō est. (M. Junius Brutus, fragment of De dictatura Pompei)Compare For it is better to give orders to no one than to be a slave to anyone: for without the former it is possible to live honorably, with the latter there is no way of living.
Conjugation table for imperāre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| imperō imperās imperat imperāmus imperātis imperant | imperābam imperābās imperābat imperābāmus imperābātis imperābant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| imperāvī imperāvistī imperāvit imperāvimus imperāvistis imperāvērunt / imperāvēre | imperāveram imperāverās imperāverat imperāverāmus imperāverātis imperāverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| imperābō imperābis imperābit imperābimus imperābitis imperābunt | imperāverō imperāveris imperāverit imperāverimus imperāveritis imperāverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| imperem imperēs imperet imperēmus imperētis imperent | imperārem imperārēs imperāret imperārēmus imperārētis imperārent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| imperāverim imperāveris imperāverit imperāverimus imperāveritis imperāverint | imperāvissem imperāvissēs imperāvisset imperāvissēmus imperāvissētis imperāvissent |
Infinitive present imperāre Infinitive perfect imperāvisse Infinitive future imperātūrum esse | Imperative present imperā imperāte Imperative future imperātō imperātō imperātōte imperantō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| imperor imperāris imperātur imperāmur imperāminī imperantur | imperābar imperābāris / imperābāre imperābātur imperābāmur imperābāminī imperābantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| imperātus sum imperātus es imperātus est imperātī sumus imperātī estis imperātī sunt | imperātus eram imperātus erās imperātus erat imperātī erāmus imperātī erātis imperātī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| imperābor imperāberis / imperābere imperābitur imperābimur imperābiminī imperābuntur | imperātus erō imperātus eris imperātus erit imperātī erimus imperātī eritis imperātī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| imperer imperēris / imperēre imperētur imperēmur imperēminī imperentur | imperārer imperārēris / imperārēre imperārētur imperārēmur imperārēminī imperārentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| imperātus sim imperātus sīs imperātus sit imperātī sīmus imperātī sītis imperātī sint | imperātus essem imperātus essēs imperātus esset imperātī essēmus imperātī essētis imperātī essent |
Infinitive present imperārī Infinitive perfect imperātum esse Infinitive future imperātum īrī | Imperative present imperāre imperāminī Imperative future imperātor imperātor - imperāntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | imperāns | imperantēs |
| Gen. | imperantis | imperantium |
| Dat. | imperantī | imperantibus |
| Acc. | imperantem | imperantēs |
| Abl. | imperante | imperantibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | imperātūrus | imperātūrī |
| Gen. | imperātūrī | imperātūrōrum |
| Dat. | imperātūrō | imperātūrīs |
| Acc. | imperātūrum | imperātūrōs |
| Abl. | imperātūrō | imperātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | imperātus | imperātī |
| Gen. | imperātī | imperātōrum |
| Dat. | imperātō | imperātīs |
| Acc. | imperātum | imperātōs |
| Abl. | imperātō | imperātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | imperandus | imperandī |
| Gen. | imperandī | imperandōrum |
| Dat. | imperandō | imperandīs |
| Acc. | imperandum | imperandōs |
| Abl. | imperandō | imperandīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | imperāre | imperātum |
| Gen. | imperandī | imperātū |
| Dat. | imperandō | |
| Acc. | imperandum | |
| Abl. | imperandō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 248.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 844.
- 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): 122.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "imperō, imperāre, imperāvī, imperātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/impero-imperare-imperavi-imperatum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 248.imperō, imperāre, imperāvī, imperātum on page 248
