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Imperator
‖
Imˊpe-ra′tor
,Noun.
[L. See
Emperor
.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A commander; a leader; an emperor; – originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried with it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word
emperor
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Imperator
Imperator
German
Noun
Imperator m (genitive Imperators, plural Imperatoren)
- (historical) imperator
Declension
Declension of Imperator
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Imperator | die | Imperatoren |
| genitive | eines | des | Imperators | der | Imperatoren |
| dative | einem | dem | Imperator | den | Imperatoren |
| accusative | einen | den | Imperator | die | Imperatoren |
Derived terms
- Imperator Rex
- imperatorisch
External links
-
Imperator on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Imperator in Duden online
imperator
imperator
English
Noun
imperator (plural imperators)
Usage notes
Frequently used in historical fiction.
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From imperō (“command”), via the radical of its supine imperātum + -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /im.peˈraː.tor/, [ɪm.pɛˈraː.tɔr]
Noun
imperātor m (genitive imperātōris); third declension
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | imperātor | imperātōrēs |
| genitive | imperātōris | imperātōrum |
| dative | imperātōrī | imperātōribus |
| accusative | imperātōrem | imperātōrēs |
| ablative | imperātōre | imperātōribus |
| vocative | imperātor | imperātōrēs |
Derived terms
- eximperātor
- imperātrīx
- prō salūte Imperātōris
Related terms
Descendants
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “imperator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to succeed some one as general: alicui imperatori succedere
- 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Polish
Etymology
Noun
imperator m pers
- emperor (ruler of an empire)
Declension
declension of imperator
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | imperator | imperatorzy/imperatorowie |
| genitive | imperatora | imperatorów |
| dative | imperatorowi | imperatorom |
| accusative | imperatora | imperatorów |
| instrumental | imperatorem | imperatorami |
| locative | imperatorze | imperatorach |
| vocative | imperatorze | imperatorzy/imperatorowie |
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impěraːtor/
- Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧tor
Noun
impèrātor m (Cyrillic spelling импѐра̄тор)
- emperor (ruler of an empire)
Declension
Declension of imperator
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | imperator | imperatori |
| genitive | imperatora | imperatora |
| dative | imperatoru | imperatorima |
| accusative | imperatora | imperatore |
| vocative | imperatore | imperatori |
| locative | imperatoru | imperatorima |
| instrumental | imperatorom | imperatorima |