# impero
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imˈpɛ.ro/
* Rhymes: -ɛro
* Hyphenation: im‧pè‧ro

### Etymology 1

From Latin imperium.

#### Noun

impero m (plural imperi)
* empire

##### Related terms

* imperare
* imperatore
* imperatrice
* imperiale
* imperioso

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

impero
* first-person singular present indicative of imperare

### Further reading

* impero in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* impero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* impero in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* impero in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* impero in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* impero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* empirò, empori, erompi, meropi, pomeri, premio, premiò, proemi

## Latin
### Etymology

From in- +‎ parō.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈim.pe.roː/, [ˈɪmpɛroː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈim.pe.ro/, [ˈimpero]

### Verb

imperō (present infinitive imperāre, perfect active imperāvī, supine imperātum); first conjugation
* (with dative) to command, give orders to, impose, demand
    Synonyms: praecipiō, indīcō, praescrībō, ēdīcō, mandō, iniungō, dictō, iubeō, pōnō
** 1st c. BC, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico :Eorum qui domum redierunt, censu habito, ut Caesar imperaverat, repertus est numerus milium centum et decem.A census of those who went home having been taken, as Caesar had commanded, the number of soldiers was found to be one hundred and ten.
* to rule, govern
    Synonyms: imperitō, moderor, ōrdinō, dominor, rēgnō, regō, magistrō, gerō

#### Conjugation

$^1$At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). $^2$At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

#### Derived terms

* adimperō

#### Related terms

* imperāns
* imperātīvus
* imperātōr
* imperātōrius
* imperātrīx
* imperātum
* imperiōsus
* imperitō
* imperium

#### Descendants

* → English: imperate
* → Italian: imperare
* → Portuguese: imperar
* → Spanish: imperar

### References

* “impero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “impero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* impero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to have self-control; to restrain oneself, master one's inclinations: sibi imperare or continere et coercere se ipsum to overcome one's passions: imperare cupiditatibus to compel communities to provide troops: imperare milites civitatibus to compel communities to provide hostages: obsides civitatibus imperare

## Portuguese
### Verb

impero
* first-person singular present indicative of imperar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imˈpeɾo/ [ĩmˈpe.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -eɾo
* Syllabification: im‧pe‧ro

### Verb

impero
* first-person singular present indicative of imperar