(adj.adv.) : 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.

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