imperito

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

impĕrĭto (inp-), āvi, ātum, 1,

I 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.

α 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.—

β 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.—

γ 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.

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