Italian

Adjective

imperiose

1. feminine plural of imperioso

Latin

Alternative forms

• inperiōsē

Etymology

From imperiōsus ‎(“mighty, powerful; imperious, tyrannical”), from imperium ‎(“empire, imperial government”), from imperō ‎(“command, order”), from im- ‎(“form of in”) + parō ‎(“prepare, arrange; intend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /im.pe.riˈoː.seː/

Adverb

imperiōsē ‎(comparable imperiōsius, no superlative)

1. imperiously, tyrannically

Related terms

References

• imperiose in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “imperiose”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.