Lewis Short
impĕrĭto (inp-), āvi, ātum, 1
* V. freq. n. and a. [impero], to command, govern, rule (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic. or Caes.); constr. with acc., dat., or absol.
* With acc.: quod antehac pro jure imperitabam meo, nunc te oro per precem,Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 47: aequam Rem imperito,Hor. S. 2, 3, 189.
* With dat. (so most freq.): magnis gentibus,Lucr. 3, 1028: magnis legionibus,Hor. S. 1, 6, 4: tu, mihi qui imperitas, aliis servis miser,id. ib. 2, 7, 81; Tib. 2, 3, 34: equis,Hor. C. 1, 15, 25: suo generi,Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 47: quis nemori imperitet, quem tota armenta sequantur,Verg. A. 12, 719: naturam ipsam ceteris imperitantem industria vicerat,Sall. J. 76, 1: alteri populo cum bona pace,Liv. 1, 24, 3.—Pass. impers.: quod superbe avareque crederent imperitatum victis esse,Liv. 21, 1.
* Absol.: Veleda late imperitabat,Tac. H. 4, 61: quia adductius quam civili bello imperitabat,id. ib. 3, 7: decem imperitabant,Liv. 1, 17: libido imperitandi,Sall. J. 81, 1: qua tempestate Carthaginienses pleraque Africa imperitabant,id. ib. 79, 2 Kritz N. cr.—Pass. impers.: quod mihi quoque exsequendum reor, quanto sit angustius imperitatum,Tac. A. 4, 4 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary