imperator

See also: Imperator and împerator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperātor. See emperor.

Noun

imperator (plural imperators)

  1. emperor

Usage notes

Frequently used in historical fiction.

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperator.

Noun

imperator (plural imperatores)

  1. emperor

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

  1. emperor, commander, general, chief, master, person in charge, ruler, commander-in-chief

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

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
  • 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 (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

Borrowed from Latin imperator.

Noun

imperator m pers

  1. 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperator.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /impěraːtor/
  • Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧tor

Noun

impèrātor m (Cyrillic spelling импѐра̄тор)

  1. 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

Uzbek
Other scripts
Cyrillic император‍
Roman imperator‍
Perso-Arabic ‍‍

Noun

imperator (plural imperatorlar)

  1. emperor
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