imperatorius Latin · revision 9242

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la parō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪm.pɛ.raːˈtoː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [im.pe.raˈtɔː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''imperātōrius''' (feminine imperātōria, neuter imperātōrium, adverb imperātōriē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''inperātōrius''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[imperātor]] “commander” with the suffix [[-ius]], from [[imperō]] “to command”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of a commander.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of a commanding officer, a general, as in Caesar and Cicero, and in Cicero of the title ''imperātor''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Pliny the Elder and later it meant of the Roman emperor, imperial.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it of a military commander, as of the count of Flanders.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Spanish ''imperatorio''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of a general.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of the emperor.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a general, commander's.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of the title ''imperātor''.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of the emperor, [[m|en|imperial]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[imperātōriē]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[imperābiliter]]

+ * [[imperātīvē]]

+ * [[imperātīvus]]

+ * [[imperātōr]]

+ * [[imperātrīx]]

+ * [[imperātum]]

+ * [[imperātus]]

+ * [[imperiābiliter]]

+ * [[imperiālis]]

+ * [[imperiōsē]]

+ * [[imperō]]

+ * [[imperium]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}