Imperator
The Latin word imperator was a title originally roughly equivalent to commander during the period of the Roman Republic. It later went on to become a part of the titulature of the Roman emperors and to enter European political vocabulary as a synonym for emperor. Unlike emperor, the word is pronounced with stress on the third syllable.
Derivatives
Imperator is the root of most Romance languages' word for emperor. It is the root of the English word "emperor," which entered the language via the French empereur. (Related adjectives like "imperial" were imported into English directly from Latin.) It is believed to be the ultimate origin of the Albanian term for king, mbret.
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Imperatores in the Roman Republic |
| ► | Imperator as an imperial title |
| ► | Post-Roman use |
| ► | Imperatrix |
| ► | Derivatives |
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