Meaning of imperium | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The empire, state, imperial government, realm, dominion.
   declension-2, neuter
2. The right or power to command or be in control; dominion.
   declension-2, neuter
3. Absolute command or authority over the empire (or other polity); sovereignty; sway.
   declension-2, neuter
4. Military authority, the command (of an army).
   declension-2, neuter
5. The exercise of authority, rule, law, control, sovereignty.
   declension-2, neuter
6. A command, order, direction, bidding.
   declension-2, neuter

Equivalents

Examples

“imperium sine fīne dedī”

“I have granted them empire without end.” (The poetic voice is that of Jupiter speaking about the Romans.)

““quō postquam ventum est, ‘cōnsistitē!’ praescia māter”

“After he had arrived there, his prophetic mother said, ‘Halt!, for that countryside will be the place of empire.’” (The muse Calliope tells what the prophetess Carmenta said to Carmenta’s son, Evander of Pallantium, after his arrival in Italy.)

“hanc fās imperiī frēna tenēre domum”

It is divine will that this house should hold the reins of empire.

“Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.”

The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.

“Imperium se ab Caesare per proditionem nullum desiderare”

He desired no sovereignty from Caesar by treachery

“Ūnō imperiō ōstiātim tōtum oppidum compīlāvit.”

He plundered the whole city, house by house, by one command.

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