1 in+paro, to command, order, enjoin, bid, give an order: Pa. Iubesne? Ch. Iubeam? cogo atque impero, T.: sicuti inperabatur, consistunt, S.: velut deo imperante, Ta.: adeo ad imperandum, for orders (i. e. to receive orders): alqd mihi, T.: te cogam Quae ego inperem facere, T.: utque Imperet hoc natura potens, H.: arma imperata a populo R., L.: Animo otioso esse impero, T.: iungere equos imperat Horis, O.: has omnīs actuarias imperat fieri, Cs.: Flectere iter sociis Imperat, V.: ex oppidis deduci imperantur: Haec ego procurare imperor, H.: imperabat, quid facto esset, T.: his, uti conquirerent, Cs.: consulibus designatis imperavit senatus, ut, etc., L.: mihi, ne abscedam, T.: suis, ne, etc., Cs.: huic imperat, quas possit, adeat civitates, Cs.—To exercise authority, command, rule, control, govern: conturbatis omnibus, S.: imperandi modus: omnibus gentibus: iis, quos vicissent, Cs.: omni Numidiae, S.—To be master, rule, control, govern: animus, qui nisi paret, Imperat, H.: Dis te minorem quod geris, imperas, you are sovereign, H.: liberis, T.: cupiditatibus: animo, quin, etc., L.: arvis, make productive, V.: Imperat aut servit pecunia cuique, is master or man, H.—To give orders for, make requisition for, levy, require, impose, demand: obsides: arma, Cs.: quantum imperavi, Date (bibere), prescribed, T.: ex praediis tributum: cui (puero) cenam: omnibus imperatae pecuniae, Cs.: obsides reliquis civitatibus, Cs.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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