# imperator
## English
### Alternative forms

* Imperator

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperātor. Doublet of emperor.

### Noun

imperator (plural imperators or imperatores)
* An emperor.
** 1843, “TRIUMPHUS”, in William Smith, Charles Anthon, editors, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, 3rd American edition, New York, N.Y., Cincinnati, Oh., Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company, page 1019, column 1:But to compensate in some degree for what was then taken away, the custom was introduced of bestowing what was termed Triumphalia Ornamenta, that is, permission to receive the titles bestowed upon, and to appear in public with the robes worn by the imperatores of the commonwealth when they triumphed, and to bequeath to their descendants triumphal statues.
** 1898 April 16, Paolo Mantegazza, anonymous translator, “From the Nuova Antologia. Regressive Evolution.”, in The Living Age, sixth series, volume XVIII; from the beginning, volume CCXVII, number 2806, Boston, Mass.: The Living Age Company, section VI, page 160, column 2:Modern emperors and consuls of the year VIII. are no more the imperatores of ancient Rome, and modern religious organizations are but the phantasms of mediæval corporations.
** 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 147:He said cautiously, "I do not think it right, Imperator."
** 1990, Robert Newman, “A Dialogue of Power in the Coinage of Antony and Octavian (44–30 B.C.)”, in American Journal of Numismatics, second series, volume 2, New York, N.Y.: The American Numismatic Society, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 53:Given the sudden proliferation of self-portraits on the coins of all the imperatores of this period, many of whom certainly had not received such a privilege, such an unattested grant to Antony need not be assumed.

#### Usage notes

Frequently used in historical fiction.

#### Related terms

* imperatrix

### Anagrams

* patiromer

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Internationalism; ultimately from Latin imperātor.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

imperator (definite accusative imperatoru, plural imperatorlar)
* emperor

#### Declension
## Interlingua
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperātor.

### Noun

imperator (plural imperatores)
* emperor

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* induperātor (pre-Classical)

### Etymology

From imperō (“command”), via the radical of its supine imperātum +‎ -tor.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /im.peˈraː.tor/, [ɪmpɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /im.peˈra.tor/, [impeˈräːt̪or]

### Noun

imperātor m (genitive imperātōris, feminine imperātrīx); third declension
* commander, general, chief, master, person in charge
* emperor, ruler, commander-in-chief

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Coordinate terms

* imperātrīx

#### Derived terms

* eximperātor
* prō salūte Imperātōris

#### Related terms

* imperātīvus
* imperiālis
* imperium

#### Descendants

(All of the Italo-Western forms are suspected of being semi-learned on account of the survival of the Latin /e/.)
* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: imperatore (see there for further descendants)
** Sicilian: mpiraturi
* Padanian:
** Friulian: imperadôr
** Lombard: imperador
** Piedmontese: imperador
** Venetan: inperadore
* Gallo-Romance:
** Catalan: emperador
** Franco-Provençal: emperor
** Old French: empereor (see there for further descendants)
** Occitan: emperaire, emperador
* Ibero-Romance:
** Asturian: emperador
** Old Galician-Portuguese: emperador
*** Galician: emperador
*** Portuguese: imperador
** Old Spanish: emperador
*** Spanish: emperador
* ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *imperātus
** Megleno-Romanian: ạmpirat
** Romanian: împărat
** → Albanian: mbret
*** → English: mpret, mbret
* Borrowings:
** → Ottoman Turkish: ایمپراطور (imperator)
*** Turkish: imparator
** → Polish: imperator
** → Proto-Brythonic: *ɨmperọdr (see there for further descendants)
** → Romanian: imperator
** → Russian: император (imperator)
** → Ukrainian: імператор (imperator)

### References

* “imperator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “imperator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* imperator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to succeed some one as general: alicui imperatori succedere
* “imperator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* imperator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
* “imperator”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin imperātor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /im.pɛˈra.tɔr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atɔr
* Syllabification: im‧pe‧ra‧tor

### Noun

imperator m pers (female equivalent imperatorowa)
* emperor (ruler of an empire)

#### Derived terms

* imperatorski
* imperatoryzm

#### Related terms

* imperialistyczny
* imperialny
* imperialista
* imperium

### Further reading

* imperator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* imperator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperator. Doublet of împărat.

### Noun

imperator m (plural imperatori)
* imperator

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperātor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /impěraːtor/
* Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧tor

### Noun

impèrātor m (Cyrillic spelling импѐра̄тор)
* emperor (ruler of an empire)

#### Declension
## Uzbek

Other scripts :
| Yangi Imlo | |
| Cyrillic | император‍ |
| Latin | imperator‍ |
| Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan) | |

### Noun

imperator (plural imperatorlar)
* emperor