imperiously

rēgĭus, a, um, adj. [rex], of or belonging to a king, kingly, royal, regal.

Lit.:

cum esset habendus rex, quicumque genere regio natus esset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50:

potestas,

id. ib. 2, 9, 15; 2, 23, 43;

2, 32, 56: nomen,

id. ib. 2, 23, 43;

2, 28, 51: civitas,

id. ib. 2, 29, 52:

insignia,

id. ib. 2, 17, 31:

ornatus,

id. ib. 2, 21, 38; id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

apparatus,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

exercitus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 104:

praefectus,

id. ib. 3, 104 et saep.: anni, i. e. the reign of the kings (at Rome), Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 29; 2, 30, 53:

auctio,

i. e. of royal property, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 96:

ales,

i. e. the eagle, Ov. M. 4, 362:

genus imperii proximum similitudini regiae,

very much resembling regal power, Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56:

bellum,

with a king, id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

regios nutus tueri,

purposes, id. Fam 12, 1, 1:

regia, crede mihi, res est succurrere lapsis,

befitting kings, Ov. P. 2, 9, 11; cf.:

regia res scelus est,

id. F. 6, 595:

sponsus,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 10:

genus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 15:

sanguis,

id. ib. 3, 27, 65:

stirps,

Curt. 6, 2, 8:

virgo,

princess, Ov. M. 2, 570; 13, 523:

puer,

Verg. A. 1, 677:

conjux,

id. ib. 2, 783:

parens,

Ov. M. 13, 484:

legatio,

Liv. 35, 32:

imperium,

Sen. Med. 189:

cohors,

Curt. 10, 7, 16:

interitus regii,

Val. Max. 1, 8, 11: superbum [p. 1551] istud et regium, nisi, etc., Plin. Pan. 7, 6.—Hence, esp.:

lex regia,

a law investing the emperor with all the power and authority of the Roman people, Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6 Sandars ad loc.—As subst.

Rē-gĭi, ōrum, m.

(Sc. milites.) The royal troops, the king ' s soldiers, Nep. Dat. 1, 4.—

The satraps of the king, the nobles of the royal court, Nep. Ages. 8, 3.—

rēgĭa, ae, f.

(Sc. domus.) A royal palace, castle, fortress, residence, the court (cf.:

aula, palatium): in regia regem ipsum quasi productum esse ad dignitatem,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

in vestibulo regiae,

Liv. 1, 40:

exaedificata,

id. 35, 31:

regiam occupare,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 6; Ov. F. 4, 599:

opulenta,

Cat. 62, 44:

Polycratis regia,

Suet. Calig. 21.—

In partic., the royal castle of Numa, situated on the Sacra Via, close by the temple of Vesta, used subsequently for priestly purposes (for appointed sacrifices, for meetings of the priests, as a residence of the Pontifex, etc.): haec est a sacris quae via nomen habet; Hic locus est Vestae, qui Pallada servat et ignem;

Hic fuit antiqui regia parva Numae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 30; cf. id. F. 6, 264; Varr. L. L. 6, § 12 Müll.; Fest. p. 178 ib.; Macr. S. 1, 15; 16; S. C. ap. Gell. 4, 6, 2; Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 363; Cic. Mil. 14, 37 Ascon.; id. Att. 10, 3, a, 1; Plin. 34, 8, 18, § 48 al.— Hence, atrium regium, the hall of this regia, Liv. 26, 27, 3.—

Transf.

The royal tent in a camp, Liv. 2, 12, 10; cf.:

armatus exercitus regiam obsedit,

Curt. 9, 5, 30; 6, 2, 9:

vestibulum regiae,

id. 7, 1, 4. —

The court, i. e. the royal family, the king and his courtiers (cf. aula;

first under Aug.): tulit et Romana regia sceleris tragici exemplum,

Liv. 1, 46:

quicunque propinquitate regiam contigisset,

id. 24, 22 fin.; Tac. A. 6, 34:

Callistus prioris quoque regiae peritus,

id. ib. 11, 29; cf. id. ib. 14, 13; Petr. poët. 5, 4; Curt. 6, 6, 2.—

Poet., like aula, a court for the cattle, cattle-yard:

gregis regia,

Val. Fl. 5, 67.—

(Sc. urbs.) A royal city, residence, capital ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

Croesi regia Sardes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2:

non haec dotalis regia Amatae, i. e. Laurentum,

Verg. A. 9, 737:

Caesarea, Jubae regia,

Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20.—

A pure Lat. name for basilica, a colonnade, portico, hall (not ante-Aug.): dum lectica ex regiā domum redeo, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 76:

theatri,

Suet. Aug. 31 fin.; Ascon. ap. Cic. Aem. Scaur. § 45 (p. 27 Orell.); cf. Vitr. 5, 7 fin.; Stat. S. 1, 1, 30. —

A pure Lat. name for the plant basilisca (v. h. v.), App. Herb. 128. —

Trop., royal, regal, princely, splendid, magnificent, distinguished (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. regalis):

forma,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 10:

moles,

splendid edifices, Hor. C. 2, 15, 1:

vestis,

Vulg. Act. 12, 21.—

As an epithet of any remarkable production of nature or art: olea,

Col. 5, 8, 3; 12, 49, 2; 7:

pira,

id. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56;

laurus,

id. 15, 30, 39, § 129:

charta,

Cat. 22, 6 et saep.: regius morbus, the jaundice (because it was said to be cured by delicate remedies, by exciting to cheerfulness, etc.), Cels. 3, 24; Varr. ap. Plin. 22, 24, 53, § 114; Ser. Samm. 58, 1033; Hor. A. P. 453: regia stella, a large star in the constellation Leo, now called Regulus, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 235. — Hence, adv.: rēgĭē, royally, regally, splendidly, sumptuously, magnificently; imperiously, despotically:

accubabo regie,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 53:

regie polita aedificia,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10:

quae regie seu potius tyrannice statuit in aratores Apronius,

imperiously, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 115:

crudeliter et regie factum,

id. Cat. 1, 12, 30.

rēgĭus, a, um, adj. [rex], of or belonging to a king, kingly, royal, regal.

Lit.:

cum esset habendus rex, quicumque genere regio natus esset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50:

potestas,

id. ib. 2, 9, 15; 2, 23, 43;

2, 32, 56: nomen,

id. ib. 2, 23, 43;

2, 28, 51: civitas,

id. ib. 2, 29, 52:

insignia,

id. ib. 2, 17, 31:

ornatus,

id. ib. 2, 21, 38; id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

apparatus,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

exercitus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 104:

praefectus,

id. ib. 3, 104 et saep.: anni, i. e. the reign of the kings (at Rome), Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 29; 2, 30, 53:

auctio,

i. e. of royal property, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 96:

ales,

i. e. the eagle, Ov. M. 4, 362:

genus imperii proximum similitudini regiae,

very much resembling regal power, Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56:

bellum,

with a king, id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

regios nutus tueri,

purposes, id. Fam 12, 1, 1:

regia, crede mihi, res est succurrere lapsis,

befitting kings, Ov. P. 2, 9, 11; cf.:

regia res scelus est,

id. F. 6, 595:

sponsus,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 10:

genus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 15:

sanguis,

id. ib. 3, 27, 65:

stirps,

Curt. 6, 2, 8:

virgo,

princess, Ov. M. 2, 570; 13, 523:

puer,

Verg. A. 1, 677:

conjux,

id. ib. 2, 783:

parens,

Ov. M. 13, 484:

legatio,

Liv. 35, 32:

imperium,

Sen. Med. 189:

cohors,

Curt. 10, 7, 16:

interitus regii,

Val. Max. 1, 8, 11: superbum [p. 1551] istud et regium, nisi, etc., Plin. Pan. 7, 6.—Hence, esp.:

lex regia,

a law investing the emperor with all the power and authority of the Roman people, Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6 Sandars ad loc.—As subst.

Rē-gĭi, ōrum, m.

(Sc. milites.) The royal troops, the king ' s soldiers, Nep. Dat. 1, 4.—

The satraps of the king, the nobles of the royal court, Nep. Ages. 8, 3.—

rēgĭa, ae, f.

(Sc. domus.) A royal palace, castle, fortress, residence, the court (cf.:

aula, palatium): in regia regem ipsum quasi productum esse ad dignitatem,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

in vestibulo regiae,

Liv. 1, 40:

exaedificata,

id. 35, 31:

regiam occupare,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 6; Ov. F. 4, 599:

opulenta,

Cat. 62, 44:

Polycratis regia,

Suet. Calig. 21.—

In partic., the royal castle of Numa, situated on the Sacra Via, close by the temple of Vesta, used subsequently for priestly purposes (for appointed sacrifices, for meetings of the priests, as a residence of the Pontifex, etc.): haec est a sacris quae via nomen habet; Hic locus est Vestae, qui Pallada servat et ignem;

Hic fuit antiqui regia parva Numae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 30; cf. id. F. 6, 264; Varr. L. L. 6, § 12 Müll.; Fest. p. 178 ib.; Macr. S. 1, 15; 16; S. C. ap. Gell. 4, 6, 2; Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 363; Cic. Mil. 14, 37 Ascon.; id. Att. 10, 3, a, 1; Plin. 34, 8, 18, § 48 al.— Hence, atrium regium, the hall of this regia, Liv. 26, 27, 3.—

Transf.

The royal tent in a camp, Liv. 2, 12, 10; cf.:

armatus exercitus regiam obsedit,

Curt. 9, 5, 30; 6, 2, 9:

vestibulum regiae,

id. 7, 1, 4. —

The court, i. e. the royal family, the king and his courtiers (cf. aula;

first under Aug.): tulit et Romana regia sceleris tragici exemplum,

Liv. 1, 46:

quicunque propinquitate regiam contigisset,

id. 24, 22 fin.; Tac. A. 6, 34:

Callistus prioris quoque regiae peritus,

id. ib. 11, 29; cf. id. ib. 14, 13; Petr. poët. 5, 4; Curt. 6, 6, 2.—

Poet., like aula, a court for the cattle, cattle-yard:

gregis regia,

Val. Fl. 5, 67.—

(Sc. urbs.) A royal city, residence, capital ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

Croesi regia Sardes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2:

non haec dotalis regia Amatae, i. e. Laurentum,

Verg. A. 9, 737:

Caesarea, Jubae regia,

Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20.—

A pure Lat. name for basilica, a colonnade, portico, hall (not ante-Aug.): dum lectica ex regiā domum redeo, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 76:

theatri,

Suet. Aug. 31 fin.; Ascon. ap. Cic. Aem. Scaur. § 45 (p. 27 Orell.); cf. Vitr. 5, 7 fin.; Stat. S. 1, 1, 30. —

A pure Lat. name for the plant basilisca (v. h. v.), App. Herb. 128. —

Trop., royal, regal, princely, splendid, magnificent, distinguished (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. regalis):

forma,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 10:

moles,

splendid edifices, Hor. C. 2, 15, 1:

vestis,

Vulg. Act. 12, 21.—

As an epithet of any remarkable production of nature or art: olea,

Col. 5, 8, 3; 12, 49, 2; 7:

pira,

id. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56;

laurus,

id. 15, 30, 39, § 129:

charta,

Cat. 22, 6 et saep.: regius morbus, the jaundice (because it was said to be cured by delicate remedies, by exciting to cheerfulness, etc.), Cels. 3, 24; Varr. ap. Plin. 22, 24, 53, § 114; Ser. Samm. 58, 1033; Hor. A. P. 453: regia stella, a large star in the constellation Leo, now called Regulus, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 235. — Hence, adv.: rēgĭē, royally, regally, splendidly, sumptuously, magnificently; imperiously, despotically:

accubabo regie,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 53:

regie polita aedificia,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10:

quae regie seu potius tyrannice statuit in aratores Apronius,

imperiously, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 115:

crudeliter et regie factum,

id. Cat. 1, 12, 30.

impĕrĭōsus (less correctly inp-), a, um, adj. [imperium], possessed of command, far-ruling, mighty, powerful, puissant (class.).

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. —

In partic.

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,

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.

impĕrĭōsus (less correctly inp-), a, um, adj. [imperium], possessed of command, far-ruling, mighty, powerful, puissant (class.).

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. —

In partic.

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,

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.

impĕrĭum ( inp-), ĭi, n. [impero], a command, order, direction.

Lit. (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.): si quid opus est, impera: imperium exsequar. Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 1; cf.:

nunc pergam eri imperium exsequi,

id. ib. 1, 1, 106:

eri imperia persequi,

id. ib. 2, 1, 75:

imperium exsequi,

id. Men. 5, 6, 16; Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 22:

obsequens obediensque est mori atque imperiis patris,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 55; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 21; id. Men. 5, 7, 1:

tuo facit jussu, tuo imperio paret,

id. As. 1, 2, 21:

malus et nequam est homo, qui nihili imperium eri Sui servus facit,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 1; cf. id. As. 2, 4, 10:

quod hi neque ad concilia veniebant neque imperio parebant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 2 fin.:

imperium neglegere,

id. ib. 5, 7, 7:

neque ab uno omnia imperia administrari poterant,

id. ib. 2, 22 fin.:

imperio Jovis huc venio,

Verg. A. 5, 726; cf.:

et Jovis imperium et cari praecepta parentis Edocet,

id. ib. 5, 747:

imperiis deūm propalam expositis,

Liv. 8, 6, 12:

quidam (pueri) imperia indignantur,

Quint. 1, 3, 6:

aegri quoquo neglecto medentium imperio, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 22, 3:

elephanti inest imperiorum obedientia,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1:

naturae imperio gemimus, cum, etc.,

Juv. 15, 138:

cujus paruit imperiis,

id. 14, 331.

Transf., the right or power of commanding, authority, command, control (freq. and class.).

In gen.: Mes. Nempe jubes? Me. Jubeo hercle, si quid imperii est in te mihi, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 41; cf. id. Pers. 3, 1, 15:

Appius et caecus et senex tenebat non modo auctoritatem sed etiam imperium in suos,

Cic. de Sen. 11, 37:

reges in ipsos imperium est Jovis,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 6:

eone es ferox, quia habes imperium in beluas?

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 25:

mater, cujus sub imperio'st, mala,

id. Heaut. 2, 2, 4: An. Sta ilico. Ge. Hem, sates pro imperio! quisquis es, i. e. authorilatively, imperiously, id. Phorm. 1, 4, 19:

domesticum,

Cic. Caecin. 18, 52; id. Inv. 2, 47, 140:

(Juppiter) Divosque mortalesque turbas Imperio regit unus aequo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 48; cf.:

sed me jussa deūm... Imperiis egere suis,

Verg. A. 6, 463:

Phyllius illic Imperio pueri volucresque ferumque leonem Tradiderat domitos,

Ov. M. 7, 373:

agricolae habent rationem cum terra, quae numquam recusat imperium,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 51.—

In partic.

In publicists' lang., supreme power, sovereignty, sway, dominion, empire (cf.: principatus, dominatus, regnum; potestas, potentia).

Sing.: Tarquinio dedit imperium simul et sola regni, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 151 Vahl.); cf.:

navorum imperium servare est induperantum,

id. ib. 169 Müll. (Ann. v. 413 Vahl.); and:

ipse (Numa rex) de suo imperio curiatam legem tulit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 13; 2, 17; 18; [p. 901] 20;

21: homo dominandi cupidus aut imperii singularis,

sole dominion, id. ib. 1, 33:

singulare et potestas regia,

id. ib. 2, 9:

esse consul cum summo imperio et potestate,

id. Verr. 1, 13, 37; id. Fl. 8, 18; cf.:

cum summo imperio et potestate versari,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, 31:

qui (App. Claudius) tum erat summo imperio,

id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

omne imperium nostri penes singulos esse voluerunt,

id. Rep. 1, 40; 2, 32:

de imperio Caesaris... gravissime decernitur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4:

imperium extra ordinem dare,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 25:

quod imperium potest esse praestantius quam, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 17:

eos qui antea commodis fuerint moribus, imperio, potestate, prosperis rebus immutari,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

ad deponendum imperium tardior esse,

id. Rep. 2, 12:

expertes imperii,

id. ib. 1, 31:

deponentium imperium tyrannorum,

Quint. 9, 2, 67 et saep.:

sub populi Romani imperium dicionemque cadere,

Cic. Font. 1, 2; so,

with dicio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 7; cf.:

Gallia sub populi Romani imperium redacta,

id. ib. 5, 29, 4:

totam ad imperium populi Romani Ciliciam adjunxit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

majestas est in imperio atque in omni populi Romani dignitate,

Quint. 7, 3, 35:

cum duobus ducibus de imperio in Italia decertatum est, Pyrrho et Hannibale,

Cic. Lael. 8, 28; cf.:

de imperio dimicare,

id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

spes diuturnitatis atque imperii,

id. Rep. 2, 3; cf.:

sedem et domum summo imperio praebere,

id. ib. 2, 5 fin.:

quod ipse suae civitatis imperium obtenturus esset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 6:

civitati imperium totius provinciae pollicetur,

id. ib. 7, 64 fin.:

cum abunde expertus esset quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,

Plin. Pan. 10 fin.:

auctoritate magis quam imperio regere,

Liv. 1, 7, 8; cf.:

nec illum pro imperio submovere posse... quia ita dicatur: si vobis videtur, discedite, Quirites,

id. 2, 56, 12.—

Plur.:

nec vero imperia expetenda ac potius aut non accipienda interdum aut deponenda nonnumquam,

i. e. public offices, Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

(cives) mandant imperia,

id. Rep. 1, 31; cf.:

honores, magistratus, imperia, potestates, opes amicitiae anteponere,

id. Lael. 17, 63:

cui (duci) dantur imperia et ea continuantur, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 44:

ita cepi et gessi maxima imperia, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 5:

vides tyranni satellites in imperiis,

id. Att. 14, 5, 2:

quod praestare dicant Gallorum quam Romanorum imperia perferre,

dominion, government, Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 3:

qui mobilitate ac levitate animi novis imperiis studebant,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

imperia legum potentiora quam hominum,

Liv. 2, 1, 1. —

Hence, transf., concr.

Dominion, realm, empire (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.):

duae urbes inimicissimae huic imperio,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

jam ipsa terra ita mihi parva visa est, ut me imperii nostri pæniteret,

id. Rep. 6, 16 fin.:

nostrum,

id. ib. 3, 29; cf.:

finium imperii nostri propagatio,

id. Prov. Cons. 12, 29:

fines imperii propagavit,

id. Rep. 3, 12:

imperium Oceano, famam qui terminet astris,

Verg. A. 1, 287:

per quas (artes) imperi Porrecta majestas ad ortus Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 14:

adjectis Britannis Imperio,

id. ib. 3, 5, 4:

quem vocet divum populus ruentis Imperi rebus?

id. ib. 1, 2, 26;

1, 37, 8: immensum imperii corpus stare ac librari sine rectore non potest,

Tac. H. 1, 16:

reges socii, membra partesque imperii,

Suet. Aug. 48:

breviarium totius imperii,

id. ib. 101:

rationarium imperii,

id. ib. 28:

imperii fines Tiberinum natare,

Juv. 8, 265:

noverat luxuriam imperii veterem,

i. e. of the Roman court, id. 4, 137.—

Trop., rule, control (very rare but class.):

illud vide, si in animis hominum regale imperium sit, unius fore dominatum, consilii scilicet,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38.—Iron.:

imperium judiciorum tenere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 77:

coactae imperio sexus,

i. e. the ambition, Juv. 6, 135.—

Law t. t., the jurisdiction or discretion of a magistrate:

omnia autem judicia aut legitimo jure consistunt aut imperio continentur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 103:

ideo autem imperio contineri judicia dicuntur, quia tamdiu valent, quamdiu is qui ea praecepit imperium habet,

id. ib. 4, 105; cf. 3, 181 al.—

Milit., the chief command, command.

Sing.:

victum atque expugnatum oppidum est Imperio atque auspicio Amphitruonis maxime,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 37; 1, 1, 41: re impetrata contendunt, ut ipsis summa imperii transdatur, Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 5:

delatam sibi summam imperii,

Suet. Ner. 3:

censet enim etiam ex iis, qui cum imperio sint,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

nostri imperii dignitas,

id. ib. 1, 7, 4:

novem annis, quibus in imperio fuit,

Suet. Caes. 25:

legionum curam et imperium alicui demandare,

id. ib. 76:

alicui imperium prorogare,

id. Tib. 30:

imperii tempus explere,

id. Caes. 26: cum imperio aut magistratu, i. e. a military or civil command, Suet. Tib. 12:

qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, etc.,

Juv. 10, 79; cf. in the foll.—

Plur.:

mandant (cives) imperia, magistratus,

i. e. military and civil commands, Cic. Rep. 1, 31; cf.:

magistratus, imperia, amicitiae anteponere,

id. Lael. 17, 63;

so opp. magistratus,

Suet. Caes. 54; 75; id. Aug. 61.—

Transf.

Concr.: imperia, i. q. imperatores, commanding officers, commanders, generals:

imperia, potestates, legationes, quom senatus creverit populusve jusserit, ex urbe exeunto,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

nacti vacuas ab imperiis Sardiniam et Siciliam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 31, 1; Val. Max. 1, 1, 9.—

Erat plena lictorum et imperiorum provincia, differta praefectis atque exactoribus, Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4.—

(Acc. to imperator, II. B. 3.) The imperial government, the government:

tandem quasi coactus recepit imperium,

Suet. Tib. 24; 55; 67; id. Calig. 12; 16; 24; id. Claud. 11; 35; 36 et saep.

impĕrĭōsus (less correctly inp-), a, um, adj. [imperium], possessed of command, far-ruling, mighty, powerful, puissant (class.).

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. —

In partic.

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,

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.

impĕrĭum ( inp-), ĭi, n. [impero], a command, order, direction.

Lit. (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.): si quid opus est, impera: imperium exsequar. Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 1; cf.:

nunc pergam eri imperium exsequi,

id. ib. 1, 1, 106:

eri imperia persequi,

id. ib. 2, 1, 75:

imperium exsequi,

id. Men. 5, 6, 16; Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 22:

obsequens obediensque est mori atque imperiis patris,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 55; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 21; id. Men. 5, 7, 1:

tuo facit jussu, tuo imperio paret,

id. As. 1, 2, 21:

malus et nequam est homo, qui nihili imperium eri Sui servus facit,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 1; cf. id. As. 2, 4, 10:

quod hi neque ad concilia veniebant neque imperio parebant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 2 fin.:

imperium neglegere,

id. ib. 5, 7, 7:

neque ab uno omnia imperia administrari poterant,

id. ib. 2, 22 fin.:

imperio Jovis huc venio,

Verg. A. 5, 726; cf.:

et Jovis imperium et cari praecepta parentis Edocet,

id. ib. 5, 747:

imperiis deūm propalam expositis,

Liv. 8, 6, 12:

quidam (pueri) imperia indignantur,

Quint. 1, 3, 6:

aegri quoquo neglecto medentium imperio, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 22, 3:

elephanti inest imperiorum obedientia,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1:

naturae imperio gemimus, cum, etc.,

Juv. 15, 138:

cujus paruit imperiis,

id. 14, 331.

Transf., the right or power of commanding, authority, command, control (freq. and class.).

In gen.: Mes. Nempe jubes? Me. Jubeo hercle, si quid imperii est in te mihi, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 41; cf. id. Pers. 3, 1, 15:

Appius et caecus et senex tenebat non modo auctoritatem sed etiam imperium in suos,

Cic. de Sen. 11, 37:

reges in ipsos imperium est Jovis,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 6:

eone es ferox, quia habes imperium in beluas?

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 25:

mater, cujus sub imperio'st, mala,

id. Heaut. 2, 2, 4: An. Sta ilico. Ge. Hem, sates pro imperio! quisquis es, i. e. authorilatively, imperiously, id. Phorm. 1, 4, 19:

domesticum,

Cic. Caecin. 18, 52; id. Inv. 2, 47, 140:

(Juppiter) Divosque mortalesque turbas Imperio regit unus aequo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 48; cf.:

sed me jussa deūm... Imperiis egere suis,

Verg. A. 6, 463:

Phyllius illic Imperio pueri volucresque ferumque leonem Tradiderat domitos,

Ov. M. 7, 373:

agricolae habent rationem cum terra, quae numquam recusat imperium,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 51.—

In partic.

In publicists' lang., supreme power, sovereignty, sway, dominion, empire (cf.: principatus, dominatus, regnum; potestas, potentia).

Sing.: Tarquinio dedit imperium simul et sola regni, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 151 Vahl.); cf.:

navorum imperium servare est induperantum,

id. ib. 169 Müll. (Ann. v. 413 Vahl.); and:

ipse (Numa rex) de suo imperio curiatam legem tulit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 13; 2, 17; 18; [p. 901] 20;

21: homo dominandi cupidus aut imperii singularis,

sole dominion, id. ib. 1, 33:

singulare et potestas regia,

id. ib. 2, 9:

esse consul cum summo imperio et potestate,

id. Verr. 1, 13, 37; id. Fl. 8, 18; cf.:

cum summo imperio et potestate versari,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, 31:

qui (App. Claudius) tum erat summo imperio,

id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

omne imperium nostri penes singulos esse voluerunt,

id. Rep. 1, 40; 2, 32:

de imperio Caesaris... gravissime decernitur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4:

imperium extra ordinem dare,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 25:

quod imperium potest esse praestantius quam, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 17:

eos qui antea commodis fuerint moribus, imperio, potestate, prosperis rebus immutari,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

ad deponendum imperium tardior esse,

id. Rep. 2, 12:

expertes imperii,

id. ib. 1, 31:

deponentium imperium tyrannorum,

Quint. 9, 2, 67 et saep.:

sub populi Romani imperium dicionemque cadere,

Cic. Font. 1, 2; so,

with dicio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 7; cf.:

Gallia sub populi Romani imperium redacta,

id. ib. 5, 29, 4:

totam ad imperium populi Romani Ciliciam adjunxit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

majestas est in imperio atque in omni populi Romani dignitate,

Quint. 7, 3, 35:

cum duobus ducibus de imperio in Italia decertatum est, Pyrrho et Hannibale,

Cic. Lael. 8, 28; cf.:

de imperio dimicare,

id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

spes diuturnitatis atque imperii,

id. Rep. 2, 3; cf.:

sedem et domum summo imperio praebere,

id. ib. 2, 5 fin.:

quod ipse suae civitatis imperium obtenturus esset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 6:

civitati imperium totius provinciae pollicetur,

id. ib. 7, 64 fin.:

cum abunde expertus esset quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,

Plin. Pan. 10 fin.:

auctoritate magis quam imperio regere,

Liv. 1, 7, 8; cf.:

nec illum pro imperio submovere posse... quia ita dicatur: si vobis videtur, discedite, Quirites,

id. 2, 56, 12.—

Plur.:

nec vero imperia expetenda ac potius aut non accipienda interdum aut deponenda nonnumquam,

i. e. public offices, Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

(cives) mandant imperia,

id. Rep. 1, 31; cf.:

honores, magistratus, imperia, potestates, opes amicitiae anteponere,

id. Lael. 17, 63:

cui (duci) dantur imperia et ea continuantur, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 44:

ita cepi et gessi maxima imperia, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 5:

vides tyranni satellites in imperiis,

id. Att. 14, 5, 2:

quod praestare dicant Gallorum quam Romanorum imperia perferre,

dominion, government, Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 3:

qui mobilitate ac levitate animi novis imperiis studebant,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

imperia legum potentiora quam hominum,

Liv. 2, 1, 1. —

Hence, transf., concr.

Dominion, realm, empire (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.):

duae urbes inimicissimae huic imperio,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

jam ipsa terra ita mihi parva visa est, ut me imperii nostri pæniteret,

id. Rep. 6, 16 fin.:

nostrum,

id. ib. 3, 29; cf.:

finium imperii nostri propagatio,

id. Prov. Cons. 12, 29:

fines imperii propagavit,

id. Rep. 3, 12:

imperium Oceano, famam qui terminet astris,

Verg. A. 1, 287:

per quas (artes) imperi Porrecta majestas ad ortus Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 14:

adjectis Britannis Imperio,

id. ib. 3, 5, 4:

quem vocet divum populus ruentis Imperi rebus?

id. ib. 1, 2, 26;

1, 37, 8: immensum imperii corpus stare ac librari sine rectore non potest,

Tac. H. 1, 16:

reges socii, membra partesque imperii,

Suet. Aug. 48:

breviarium totius imperii,

id. ib. 101:

rationarium imperii,

id. ib. 28:

imperii fines Tiberinum natare,

Juv. 8, 265:

noverat luxuriam imperii veterem,

i. e. of the Roman court, id. 4, 137.—

Trop., rule, control (very rare but class.):

illud vide, si in animis hominum regale imperium sit, unius fore dominatum, consilii scilicet,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38.—Iron.:

imperium judiciorum tenere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 77:

coactae imperio sexus,

i. e. the ambition, Juv. 6, 135.—

Law t. t., the jurisdiction or discretion of a magistrate:

omnia autem judicia aut legitimo jure consistunt aut imperio continentur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 103:

ideo autem imperio contineri judicia dicuntur, quia tamdiu valent, quamdiu is qui ea praecepit imperium habet,

id. ib. 4, 105; cf. 3, 181 al.—

Milit., the chief command, command.

Sing.:

victum atque expugnatum oppidum est Imperio atque auspicio Amphitruonis maxime,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 37; 1, 1, 41: re impetrata contendunt, ut ipsis summa imperii transdatur, Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 5:

delatam sibi summam imperii,

Suet. Ner. 3:

censet enim etiam ex iis, qui cum imperio sint,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

nostri imperii dignitas,

id. ib. 1, 7, 4:

novem annis, quibus in imperio fuit,

Suet. Caes. 25:

legionum curam et imperium alicui demandare,

id. ib. 76:

alicui imperium prorogare,

id. Tib. 30:

imperii tempus explere,

id. Caes. 26: cum imperio aut magistratu, i. e. a military or civil command, Suet. Tib. 12:

qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, etc.,

Juv. 10, 79; cf. in the foll.—

Plur.:

mandant (cives) imperia, magistratus,

i. e. military and civil commands, Cic. Rep. 1, 31; cf.:

magistratus, imperia, amicitiae anteponere,

id. Lael. 17, 63;

so opp. magistratus,

Suet. Caes. 54; 75; id. Aug. 61.—

Transf.

Concr.: imperia, i. q. imperatores, commanding officers, commanders, generals:

imperia, potestates, legationes, quom senatus creverit populusve jusserit, ex urbe exeunto,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

nacti vacuas ab imperiis Sardiniam et Siciliam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 31, 1; Val. Max. 1, 1, 9.—

Erat plena lictorum et imperiorum provincia, differta praefectis atque exactoribus, Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4.—

(Acc. to imperator, II. B. 3.) The imperial government, the government:

tandem quasi coactus recepit imperium,

Suet. Tib. 24; 55; 67; id. Calig. 12; 16; 24; id. Claud. 11; 35; 36 et saep.

per-sulto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [salto], to leap, skip, or prance about in a place (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.

Neutr.:

in agro,

Liv. 34, 20:

solo stabili,

id. 44, 9:

ante vallum,

Tac. A. 4, 47:

notis vadis,

id. H. 5, 15:

super durata glacie stagna,

Sen. Prov. 4, 12.—

Act., to leap or skip through, to frisk about, range about a place:

pecudes persultant pabula,

Lucr. 1, 15:

captam Italiam,

Tac. H. 3, 49:

campos exercitu,

id. A. 11, 9:

maria (Tritonum catervae),

App. M. 4, p. 157, 2.—

Transf., of the voice.

Neutr., to sound, resound:

vox persultat,

Prud. Hamart. 10 praef. —

Act., to command imperiously: haec persultanti, Prud. steph. 1, 77.