imperativus
From LSJ
Ῥῦσέ με δεινῶν νοσημάτων, ἱερώτατε, ἱερωσύνην συναρμόσας ἐν χαρᾷ και ἐπιστήμης τὸ πολύτιμον κεφάλαιον → Deliver me from grievous afflictions, most holy one, joining sanctity together in joy with the precious fountainhead of knowledge
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
impĕrātīvus: (inp-), a, um, adj. impero,
I 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.
