Italian

Proper noun

Impero m

1. A river that flows in Liguria

Italian

Noun

impero m ‎(plural imperi)

1. empire

Related terms

• imperare
• imperatore/imperatrice
• imperiale
• imperioso

Verb

impero

1. first-person singular present of imperare

Anagrams

• empirò
• empori
• erompi
• premio, premiò
• proemi

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ parō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈim.pe.roː/, [ˈɪm.pɛ.roː]

Verb

imperō ‎(present infinitive imperāre, perfect active imperāvī, supine imperātum); first conjugation

1. (with dative) I command, give orders to
2. I rule, govern
3. I demand, impose

Inflection

Related terms

Descendants

• Catalan: emprar
• Italian: imperare
• Portuguese: imperar
• Spanish: imperar, emprar

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “impero”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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 (eu) present indicative of imperar

Spanish

Verb

impero

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of imperar.