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imperiosus

commanding

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Where it lives

Fescinnina de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 18.25/10k
Epistularum 1 · 12.5/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 7 4 · 3.03/10k
Ibis 1 · 2.54/10k
Paradoxa stoicorum ad M. Brutum 1 · 2.32/10k
Cum Senatui Gratias Egit 1 · 2.31/10k
Captivi 2 · 2.31/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k
Achilleis 1 · 1.39/10k
Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k

Densest 12 of 35 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. imperiosus — de Vaan

imperiosus 'commanding' (PI.+), praeparare 'to furnish beforehand, prepare' (Varro+), separare 'to divide, separate' (Cato+); (2) properus 'quick' (Cato+), parnclda — [de Vaan, s.v. imperiosus, p. 460]

2. impĕrĭōsus — Lewis & Short

impĕrĭōsus (less correctly inp-), a, um, adj.imperium,

I possessed of command, far-ruling, mighty, powerful, puissant (class.).

I In gen.: urbes magnae atque imperiosae, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 2: populi, Cic. Or. 34, 120: imperiosissima civitas, Aug. Civ. Dei, 15, 19 (cf. Verg. A. 1, 284): dictatura, Liv. 7, 40, 9; cf. virga, i. e. the fasces, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 32: quisnam igitur liber? sapiens, sibi qui imperiosus, who has dominion over himself, Hor. S. 2, 7, 83; cf. Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 62: imperiosissimae humanae mentis artes (religio, astrologia, medicina), id. 30, 1, 1, § 1: risus habet vim nescio an imperiosissimam, Quint. 6, 3, 8. —

II In partic.

A In a bad sense, imperious, domineering, tyrannical: cupiditas honoris quam dura est domina, quam imperiosa, Cic. Par. 5, 3, 40: nimis imperiosus philosophus, id. Fin. 2, 32, 105: paedagogi, Quint. 1, 1, 8: imperiosus atque impotens, Sen. Ben. 3, 28 fin.: imperiosi nobis ipsis et molesti sumus, id. Q. N. 4 praef.: Proserpina, Hor. S. 2, 5, 110: quojus cibo iste factust imperiosior, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26: imperiosius aequor, Hor. C. 1, 14, 8: familia imperiosissima et superbissima, Liv. 9, 34, 15.—Hence,

B Impĕrĭōsus, i, m., a surname of the dictator L. Manlius Torquatus and his son, the consul T. Manlius Torquatus, on account of their severity, Liv. 7, 3, 4; 7, 4, 7; Sen. Ben. 3, 37; Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 60; Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 8; Liv. 4, 29, 6; cf. Manlius.—Hence, adv.: impĕrĭōsē, imperiously, tyrannically (ante- and postclass.): non severe, non imperiose praecepit, Gell. 2, 29, 1; Charis. 202, 11: paene imperiosius quam humanius, Varr. ap. Non. 287, 20.

In the wild

imperiosa Cicero, Paradoxa stoicorum ad M. Brutum 5.40
imperiosus Seneca, De Beneficiis 3.28.6
imperiosa Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 10.82.22.p2
imperiosissima Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.9.34.15
Imperiosa Lucan, Pharsalia 6.498
imperiosum Seneca, De Beneficiis 3.37.1

6 of 62 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. imperiosus (scan pp. 460-461; entry #1261).

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