"imperium" meaning in Latin

See imperium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /imˈpe.ri.um/ [Classical-Latin], [ɪmˈpɛriʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /imˈpe.ri.um/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [imˈpɛːrium] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From imperō (“command, order”) + -ium, from im- (form of in) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Etymology templates: {{af|la|imperō|-ium|t1=command, order}} imperō (“command, order”) + -ium Head templates: {{la-noun|imperium<2>}} imperium n (genitive imperiī or imperī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|imperium<2>}} Forms: imperiī [genitive], imperī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], imperium [nominative, singular], imperia [nominative, plural], imperiī [genitive, singular], imperī [genitive, singular], imperiōrum [genitive, plural], imperiō [dative, singular], imperiīs [dative, plural], imperium [accusative, singular], imperia [accusative, plural], imperiō [ablative, singular], imperiīs [ablative, plural], imperium [singular, vocative], imperia [plural, vocative], inperium [alternative]
  1. The empire, state, imperial government, realm, dominion. Tags: declension-2, neuter Categories (topical): Government Categories (place): Roman Empire
    Sense id: en-imperium-la-noun-NAc~exjz Disambiguation of Government: 38 0 20 28 15 0 Disambiguation of Roman Empire: 42 8 37 5 6 3 Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 19 22 19 11 16 13
  2. The right or power to command or be in control; dominion. Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms: ductus, potestas, arbitrium, auctōritās
    Sense id: en-imperium-la-noun-kCnWvSSw Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ium Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 0 0 6 0 14 0 10 4 1 1 0 13 15 11 8 1 0 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 53 20 9 11 2 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 19 22 19 11 16 13 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ium: 3 42 22 11 14 7
  3. Absolute command or authority over the empire (or other polity); sovereignty; sway. Tags: declension-2, neuter Categories (place): Roman Empire Synonyms: diciō
    Sense id: en-imperium-la-noun-6w2exkXs Disambiguation of Roman Empire: 42 8 37 5 6 3 Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 19 22 19 11 16 13
  4. (military) Military authority, the command (of an army). Tags: declension-2, neuter Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-imperium-la-noun-ah-24C81 Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 19 22 19 11 16 13 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  5. The exercise of authority, rule, law, control, sovereignty. Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms: diciō, praescrīptum, rēgula
    Sense id: en-imperium-la-noun-yu8ZmXa0 Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 19 22 19 11 16 13
  6. A command, order, direction, bidding. Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms: dēcrētum, praeceptum, iussus, ēdictum, ēdictiō, nūntius, scītum, dēcrētiō, mandātum
    Sense id: en-imperium-la-noun-B699pKAK Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 19 22 19 11 16 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imperiābiliter, imperiālis, imperiōsus, merum imperium, mixtum imperium
Related terms: imperābiliter, imperāns, imperātīvē, imperātīvus, imperātōr, imperātōriē, imperātōrius, imperātrīx, imperātum, imperātus, imperiōsē, imperitō, imperō

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperiābiliter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperiālis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperiōsus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "merum imperium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mixtum imperium"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "emperi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: emperi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: emperi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "imperi"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: imperi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: imperi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "empire"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: empire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: empire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "empire",
            "3": "empery",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: empire, empery",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: empire, empery"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "empire"
          },
          "expansion": "French: empire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: empire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "imperi"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: imperi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: imperi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "impero"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: impero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: impero"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "empèri"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: empèri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: empèri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "imperi"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: imperi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: imperi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "mpiru"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: mpiru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: mpiru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "inpero"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: inpero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: inpero"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "imperiu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Asturian: imperiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Asturian: imperiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "imperium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: imperium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: imperium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "emperio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: emperio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: emperio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "império"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: império",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: império"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Imperium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Imperium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Imperium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "impere",
            "3": "impire",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: impere, impire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: impere, impire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "impire"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: impire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: impire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "ìmpire"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: ìmpire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: ìmpire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "imperio",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: imperio (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: imperio (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "imperiu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: imperiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: imperiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "импе́рия",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: импе́рия (impérija), импе́рія (impérija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)\n→ Bashkir: империя (imperiya)\n→ Kazakh: империя (imperiä)\n→ Hebrew: אימפריה\n→ Turkmen: imperiýa\n→ Uzbek: imperiya\n→ Yiddish: אימפּעריע (imperye)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: импе́рия (impérija), импе́рія (impérija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)\n→ Bashkir: империя (imperiya)\n→ Kazakh: империя (imperiä)\n→ Hebrew: אימפריה\n→ Turkmen: imperiýa\n→ Uzbek: imperiya\n→ Yiddish: אימפּעריע (imperye)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "imperio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: imperio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: imperio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "imperyo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: imperyo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: imperyo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "imperō",
        "3": "-ium",
        "t1": "command, order"
      },
      "expansion": "imperō (“command, order”) + -ium",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From imperō (“command, order”) + -ium, from im- (form of in) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "imperiī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inperium",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "imperium<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "imperium n (genitive imperiī or imperī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "imperium<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperābiliter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperāns"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperātīvē"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperātīvus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperātōr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperātōriē"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperātōrius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperātrīx"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperātum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperiōsē"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperitō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imperō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 19 11 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 0 20 28 15 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Government",
          "orig": "la:Government",
          "parents": [
            "Politics",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 8 37 5 6 3",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Roman Empire",
          "orig": "la:Roman Empire",
          "parents": [
            "Former countries and country-like entities",
            "Country-like entities",
            "Polities",
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“I have granted them empire without end.”\n(The poetic voice is that of Jupiter speaking about the Romans.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.279",
          "text": "imperium sine fīne dedī"
        },
        {
          "english": "“After he had arrived there, his prophetic mother said, ‘Halt!, for that countryside will be the place of empire.’”\n(The muse Calliope tells what the prophetess Carmenta said to Carmenta’s son, Evander of Pallantium, after his arrival in Italy.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.95–96",
          "roman": "‘nam locus imperiī rūs erit istud’ ait.”",
          "text": "“quō postquam ventum est, ‘cōnsistitē!’ praescia māter"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The empire, state, imperial government, realm, dominion."
      ],
      "id": "en-imperium-la-noun-NAc~exjz",
      "links": [
        [
          "empire",
          "empire"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "imperial",
          "imperial"
        ],
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "realm",
          "realm"
        ],
        [
          "dominion",
          "dominion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 0 0 6 0 14 0 10 4 1 1 0 13 15 11 8 1 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 53 20 9 11 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 19 11 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 42 22 11 14 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -ium",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The right or power to command or be in control; dominion."
      ],
      "id": "en-imperium-la-noun-kCnWvSSw",
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ductus"
        },
        {
          "word": "potestas"
        },
        {
          "word": "arbitrium"
        },
        {
          "word": "auctōritās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 19 11 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 8 37 5 6 3",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Roman Empire",
          "orig": "la:Roman Empire",
          "parents": [
            "Former countries and country-like entities",
            "Country-like entities",
            "Polities",
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is divine will that this house should hold the reins of empire.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.532",
          "text": "hanc fās imperiī frēna tenēre domum"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Absolute command or authority over the empire (or other polity); sovereignty; sway."
      ],
      "id": "en-imperium-la-noun-6w2exkXs",
      "links": [
        [
          "Absolute",
          "Absolute"
        ],
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "empire",
          "empire"
        ],
        [
          "polity",
          "polity"
        ],
        [
          "sovereignty",
          "sovereignty"
        ],
        [
          "sway",
          "sway"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "diciō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "la:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 19 11 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1",
          "text": "Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Military authority, the command (of an army)."
      ],
      "id": "en-imperium-la-noun-ah-24C81",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) Military authority, the command (of an army)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 19 11 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He desired no sovereignty from Caesar by treachery",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.20",
          "text": "Imperium se ab Caesare per proditionem nullum desiderare"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The exercise of authority, rule, law, control, sovereignty."
      ],
      "id": "en-imperium-la-noun-yu8ZmXa0",
      "links": [
        [
          "exercise",
          "exercise"
        ],
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ],
        [
          "sovereignty",
          "sovereignty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "diciō"
        },
        {
          "word": "praescrīptum"
        },
        {
          "word": "rēgula"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 19 11 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He plundered the whole city, house by house, by one command.",
          "text": "Ūnō imperiō ōstiātim tōtum oppidum compīlāvit.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A command, order, direction, bidding."
      ],
      "id": "en-imperium-la-noun-B699pKAK",
      "links": [
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ],
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "bidding",
          "bidding"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dēcrētum"
        },
        {
          "word": "praeceptum"
        },
        {
          "word": "iussus"
        },
        {
          "word": "ēdictum"
        },
        {
          "word": "ēdictiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "nūntius"
        },
        {
          "word": "scītum"
        },
        {
          "word": "dēcrētiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "mandātum"
        }
      ],
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        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/imˈpe.ri.um/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪmˈpɛriʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/imˈpe.ri.um/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[imˈpɛːrium]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "imperium"
}
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  "categories": [
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -ium",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Government",
    "la:Roman Empire",
    "sv:Monarchy"
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    {
      "word": "imperiābiliter"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperiālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperiōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "merum imperium"
    },
    {
      "word": "mixtum imperium"
    }
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "emperi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: emperi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: emperi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "imperi"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: imperi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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            "2": "empire"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: empire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "empire",
            "3": "empery",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: empire, empery",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: empire, empery"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "empire"
          },
          "expansion": "French: empire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: empire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "imperi"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: imperi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: imperi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "impero"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: impero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: impero"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "empèri"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: empèri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: empèri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "imperi"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: imperi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: imperi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "mpiru"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: mpiru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: mpiru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "inpero"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: inpero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: inpero"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "imperiu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Asturian: imperiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Asturian: imperiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "imperium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: imperium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: imperium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "emperio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: emperio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: emperio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "império"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: império",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: império"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Imperium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Imperium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Imperium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "impere",
            "3": "impire",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: impere, impire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: impere, impire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "impire"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: impire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: impire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "ìmpire"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: ìmpire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: ìmpire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "imperio",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: imperio (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: imperio (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "imperiu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: imperiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: imperiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "импе́рия",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: импе́рия (impérija), импе́рія (impérija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)\n→ Bashkir: империя (imperiya)\n→ Kazakh: империя (imperiä)\n→ Hebrew: אימפריה\n→ Turkmen: imperiýa\n→ Uzbek: imperiya\n→ Yiddish: אימפּעריע (imperye)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: импе́рия (impérija), импе́рія (impérija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)\n→ Bashkir: империя (imperiya)\n→ Kazakh: империя (imperiä)\n→ Hebrew: אימפריה\n→ Turkmen: imperiýa\n→ Uzbek: imperiya\n→ Yiddish: אימפּעריע (imperye)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "imperio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: imperio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: imperio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "imperyo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: imperyo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: imperyo"
    }
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        "3": "-ium",
        "t1": "command, order"
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      "expansion": "imperō (“command, order”) + -ium",
      "name": "af"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From imperō (“command, order”) + -ium, from im- (form of in) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”).",
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    {
      "form": "imperiī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "imperium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inperium",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "imperium<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "imperium n (genitive imperiī or imperī); second declension",
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "imperium<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "imperābiliter"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperāns"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperātīvē"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperātīvus"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperātōr"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperātōriē"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperātōrius"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperātrīx"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperātum"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperiōsē"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperitō"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperō"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“I have granted them empire without end.”\n(The poetic voice is that of Jupiter speaking about the Romans.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.279",
          "text": "imperium sine fīne dedī"
        },
        {
          "english": "“After he had arrived there, his prophetic mother said, ‘Halt!, for that countryside will be the place of empire.’”\n(The muse Calliope tells what the prophetess Carmenta said to Carmenta’s son, Evander of Pallantium, after his arrival in Italy.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.95–96",
          "roman": "‘nam locus imperiī rūs erit istud’ ait.”",
          "text": "“quō postquam ventum est, ‘cōnsistitē!’ praescia māter"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The empire, state, imperial government, realm, dominion."
      ],
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        [
          "empire",
          "empire"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "imperial",
          "imperial"
        ],
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "realm",
          "realm"
        ],
        [
          "dominion",
          "dominion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The right or power to command or be in control; dominion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ductus"
        },
        {
          "word": "potestas"
        },
        {
          "word": "arbitrium"
        },
        {
          "word": "auctōritās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is divine will that this house should hold the reins of empire.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.532",
          "text": "hanc fās imperiī frēna tenēre domum"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Absolute command or authority over the empire (or other polity); sovereignty; sway."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Absolute",
          "Absolute"
        ],
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "empire",
          "empire"
        ],
        [
          "polity",
          "polity"
        ],
        [
          "sovereignty",
          "sovereignty"
        ],
        [
          "sway",
          "sway"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "diciō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "la:Military"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1",
          "text": "Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Military authority, the command (of an army)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) Military authority, the command (of an army)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He desired no sovereignty from Caesar by treachery",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.20",
          "text": "Imperium se ab Caesare per proditionem nullum desiderare"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The exercise of authority, rule, law, control, sovereignty."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exercise",
          "exercise"
        ],
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ],
        [
          "sovereignty",
          "sovereignty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "diciō"
        },
        {
          "word": "praescrīptum"
        },
        {
          "word": "rēgula"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He plundered the whole city, house by house, by one command.",
          "text": "Ūnō imperiō ōstiātim tōtum oppidum compīlāvit.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A command, order, direction, bidding."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ],
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "bidding",
          "bidding"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dēcrētum"
        },
        {
          "word": "praeceptum"
        },
        {
          "word": "iussus"
        },
        {
          "word": "ēdictum"
        },
        {
          "word": "ēdictiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "nūntius"
        },
        {
          "word": "scītum"
        },
        {
          "word": "dēcrētiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "mandātum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/imˈpe.ri.um/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪmˈpɛriʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/imˈpe.ri.um/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[imˈpɛːrium]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "imperium"
}

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