imperiosus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === inperiōsus === Etymology === From imperium (“empire, imperial government”) +‎ -ōsus, from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪm.pɛ.riˈoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [im.pe.riˈɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === imperiōsus (feminine imperiōsa, neuter imperiōsum, adverb imperiōsē); first/second-declension adjective mighty, powerful, puissant, commanding imperious, domineering, overbearing, tyrannical, dictatorial ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== imperiōsē ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “imperiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “imperiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "imperiosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “imperiosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “imperiosus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray