imperativus
From LSJ
νέῳ δὲ σιγᾶν μᾶλλον ἢ λαλεῖν πρέπει → it's fitting for a young man to keep silence rather than to speak (Menander)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
impĕrātīvus, a, um (impero), impératif : Salv. Avar. 2, 9, 39
