different between imperium vs imperious

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium (“power, command”), from imper? (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + par? (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Doublet of empery and empire.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?p???i.?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?p??i.?m/

Noun

imperium (countable and uncountable, plural imperia or imperiums)

1. Supreme power; dominion.
2. The right to command the force of the state; sovereignty.

Translations

Danish

Alternative forms

• imperie

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /em?pe???i?m/

Noun

imperium n (singular definite imperiet, plural indefinite imperier)

1. empire

References

• “imperium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?pe?.ri.?m/
• Hyphenation: im?pe?ri?um

Noun

imperium n (plural imperia, diminutive imperiumpje n)

1. empire

   Synonyms: keizerrijk, rijk

2. business empire

Related terms

• imperiaal

Latin

Alternative forms

• inperium

Etymology

From imper? (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + par? (“prepare, arrange; intend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /im?pe.ri.um/, [?m?p??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im?pe.ri.um/, [im?p???ium]

Noun

imperium n (genitive imperi? or imper?); second declension

1. The empire, state, imperial government, realm, dominion.
2. The right or power to command or be in control; dominion.
3. Absolute command over the empire (or other polity); sovereignty; sway.

   Synonym: dici?

4. (military) Military authority, the command (of an army).
5. The exercise of authority, rule, law, control, sovereignty.

   Synonyms: dici?, praescr?ptum, r?gula

6. A command, order, direction, bidding.

   Synonyms: ?dicti?, ?dictum, praeceptum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

• imperium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• imperium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imperium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• imperium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• imperium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imperium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium.

Noun

imperium n (definite singular imperiet, indefinite plural imperier, definite plural imperia or imperiene)

1. an empire

References

• “imperium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im?pe?ri?m/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

imperium n (definite singular imperiet, indefinite plural imperium, definite plural imperia)

1. empire

References

• “imperium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium, used in Swedish since 1845.

Noun

imperium n

1. an empire (a state ruled by an emperor or czar)

   Synonyms: kejsardöme, kejsarrike, rike, stormaktsvälde

2. an empire (a huge state or similar sphere of power)

Declension

Related terms

References

• imperium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• imperium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Etymology

From Latin imperi?sus (“mighty, powerful”), from imperium (“command, authority, power”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?p???i.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?p??i.?s/
• Rhymes: -??ri?s

Adjective

imperious (not comparable)

1. Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
   • 1866 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth

     ...she glanced about her in an imperious, challenging sort of way, with looks and gestures that clearly were unstudied.

2. Urgent.
   • 1891 – Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

     Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth.

3. (obsolete) Imperial or regal.
   • 1899 – Stephen Crane, The Angel Child, Whilomville Stories

     She was quick, beautiful, imperious, while he was quiet, slow, and misty.

Synonyms

• (domineering): authoritarian, bossy, dictatorial, domineering, overbearing

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