imperans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of imperō (“command”).

Participle

imperāns (genitive imperantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. commanding, giving orders to
2. ruling, governing
3. demanding, imposing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	imperāns			imperantēs	imperantia
genitive	imperantis			imperantium
dative	imperantī			imperantibus
accusative	imperantem	imperāns		imperantēs imperantīs	imperantia
ablative	imperante imperantī1			imperantibus
vocative	imperāns			imperantēs	imperantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “imperans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers