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What (who) is imperator - definition

MILITARY RANK AND AWARD TITLE IN ANCIENT ROME
Imperatrix; Imperator Augustus; Imperatores

Imperator         
·noun A commander; a leader; an emperor;
- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor.
imperator         
[??mp?'r?:t?:]
¦ noun Roman History commander (a title conferred under the Republic on a victorious general and under the Empire on the emperor).
Derivatives
imperatorial ??mp?r?'t?:r??l, ?m?p?r?- adjective
Origin
L., from imperare 'to command'.
Imperator         
The Latin word "imperator" derives from the stem of the verb , meaning 'to order, to command'. It was originally employed as a title roughly equivalent to commander under the Roman Republic.

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Imperator

The Latin word imperator derives from the stem of the verb imperare, meaning 'to order, to command'. It was originally employed as a title roughly equivalent to commander under the Roman Republic. Later it became a part of the titulature of the Roman Emperors as their praenomen. The English word emperor derives from imperator via Old French: Empereür. The Roman emperors themselves generally based their authority on multiple titles and positions, rather than preferring any single title. Nevertheless, imperator was used relatively consistently as an element of a Roman ruler's title throughout the Principate and the Dominate.