imperativus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

impĕrātīvus (inp-), a, um, adj. [impero],

of or proceeding from a command , commanded : feriae, extraordinary , commanded by a magistrate , Macr. S. 1, 16, § 5 sq.: modus, the imperative , Mart. Cap. 3, § 313, and in the grammarians saep.— Adv.: impĕrātīvē , imperatively , Ulp. Reg. tit. 24, 1.