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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪm.pɛ.riˈoː.seː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [im.pe.riˈɔː.s̬e]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''imperiōsē''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)
+ Also spelled ''inperiōsē''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|imperiōsus|-ē|t1=imperious]], an adverb; ⟨imperiōsus⟩ is from [[m|la|imperium|t=command, power]], from [[m|la|imperō|t=to command]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Its earliest source is Varro, quoted by Nonius, in the comparative ''imperiōsius''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant in an authoritarian manner, imperiously, as in Varro and Gellius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it for by the exercise of authority.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses ''imperiōsius''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adverb===
+ # In an [[m|en|authoritarian]] manner, [[m|en|imperiously]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[imperiōsus]]
+ * [[imperium]]
+ * [[imperābiliter]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}