LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

imprimō

imprimō (present infinitive imprimere, perfect active impressī, supine impressum)
Classical[ˈɪm.prɪ.moː]Ecclesiastical[ˈim.pri.mo]
imprimātur 3rd sg. pres. pass. subj.

Meaning

  1. to press, impress
  2. to print, imprint, stamp

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.imprimōimprimēbamimprimamimpressīimpresseramimpresserō
2nd sg.imprimisimprimēbāsimprimēsimpressistīimpresserāsimpresseris
3rd sg.imprimitimprimēbatimprimetimpressitimpresseratimpresserit
1st pl.imprimimusimprimēbāmusimprimēmusimpressimusimpresserāmusimpresserimus
2nd pl.imprimitisimprimēbātisimprimētisimpressistisimpresserātisimpresseritis
3rd pl.imprimuntimprimēbantimprimentimpressērunt
impressēre		impresserantimpresserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.imprimamimprimeremimpresserimimpressissem
2nd sg.imprimāsimprimerēsimpresserīsimpressissēs
3rd sg.imprimatimprimeretimpresseritimpressisset
1st pl.imprimāmusimprimerēmusimpresserīmusimpressissēmus
2nd pl.imprimātisimprimerētisimpresserītisimpressissētis
3rd pl.imprimantimprimerentimpresserintimpressissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.imprimorimprimēbarimprimar
2nd sg.imprimeris
imprimere		imprimēbāris
imprimēbāre		imprimēris
imprimēre
3rd sg.imprimiturimprimēbāturimprimētur
1st pl.imprimimurimprimēbāmurimprimēmur
2nd pl.imprimiminīimprimēbāminīimprimēminī
3rd pl.imprimunturimprimēbanturimprimentur
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.imprimarimprimerer
2nd sg.imprimāris
imprimāre		imprimerēris
imprimerēre
3rd sg.imprimāturimprimerētur
1st pl.imprimāmurimprimerēmur
2nd pl.imprimāminīimprimerēminī
3rd pl.imprimanturimprimerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.imprimeimprimere
pres. 2nd pl.imprimiteimprimiminī
fut. 2nd sg.imprimitōimprimitor
fut. 3rd sg.imprimitōimprimitor
fut. 2nd pl.imprimitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.imprimuntōimprimuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveimprimereimprimī
perfect infinitiveimpressisseimpressum esse
future infinitiveimpressūrum esseimpressum īrī
present participleimprimēns—
perfect participle—impressus
impressa, impressā, impressae, impressam, impressārum, impressās, impresse, impressīs, impressō, impressōrum, impressōs
future participleimpressūrus
impressūra, impressūrā, impressūrae, impressūram, impressūrārum, impressūrās, impressūre, impressūrī, impressūrīs, impressūrō, impressūrōrum, impressūrōs, impressūrum		imprimendus
imprimundus, imprimenda, imprimendā, imprimendae, imprimendam, imprimendārum, imprimendās, imprimende, imprimendīs, imprimendōrum, imprimendōs
gerundimprimendī, imprimendō, imprimendumsupineimpressum, impressū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

natura in omnium animis notionem dei impressit (N. D. 1. 16. 43)
Nature has implanted in all men the idea of a God.

imprĭmo (inpr-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. in-premo,
I. to press into or upon, to stick, stamp, or dig into, to impress, imprint (class.).
I. Lit.: si in ejusmodi cera centum sigilla hoc anulo impressero, Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86: locus ubi vestigium impresserit, id. Caecin. 27, 76; id. Phil. 13, 15, 30: sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit, id. Div. 1, 13, 23: ne imprimatur jacentibus molibus solum, Col. 3, 13, 1: imprimitque genae genam, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 686 (Trag. v. 436): os cucurbitulae corpori, Cels. 2, 11: signa tabellis, Hor. S. 2, 6, 38: impressit dente labris notam, id. C. 1, 13, 12; cf.: dentes alicui, Luc. 9, 806: muris aratrum, Hor. C. 1, 16, 20: stigmata captivorum frontibus, Petr. 105: (Dido) os impressa toro, Verg. A. 4, 659: impressa orbita, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2: sulcus altius impressus, id. Div. 2, 23, 50: monimenta impressa saxis, Tac. A. 11, 14: puteum, i. e. to sink, dig, Pall. 1, 34: nudo ecce jugulum, convertite huc manus, imprimite mucrones, Petr. 80: dentem, Tib. 1, 6, 14; cf.: morsum, i. e. to bite, Col. 6, 17, 33; Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 89: vulnus, i. e. to make, Col. 7, 11, 2: basia, Mart. 10, 42, 5: staminaque impresso fatalia pollice nentes, pressed upon, Ov. M. 8, 453; cf.: impressoque genu nitens, Verg. A. 12, 303: humidaque impressa siccabat lumina lana, Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 17: exempta scutula cortici, imprimitur ex alia cortex par, Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 118. —
B. Transf.: aliquid (aliqua re), to press in, give an impression to a thing, to engrave, stamp, mark: an imprimi quasi ceram animum putamus? Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61: hoc munus habebis, Cratera impressum signis, Verg. A. 5, 536; cf.: impressas auro quas gesserat olim Exuvias, i. e. embroidered, Luc. 9, 176: non levior cippus nunc imprimit ossa? Pers. 1, 37: transtra per et remos impressaque terga virorum, pressed down, bended, Stat. Th. 5, 403.—
II. Trop., to impress, engrave, stamp, mark: quod in omnium animis eorum notionem impressisset ipsa natura, Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 43; cf.: visa in animis, id. Ac. 2, 18, 58: quaeque in animis imprimuntur incohatae intellegentiae, similiter in omnibus imprimuntur, id. Leg. 1, 10, 30; id. Fat. 19, 43: verum illud quidem impressum in animo atque mente, id. Ac. 2, 11, 34: nisi omnes ii motus in ipso oratore impressi esse atque inusti videbuntur, id. de Or. 2, 45, 189: quo e genere nobis notitiae rerum imprimuntur, id. Ac. 2, 7, 21: in quibus (curriculis) Platonis primum sunt impressa vestigia, id. Or. 3, 12; cf.: (memoria) constat ex notis litterarum, et ex eo, in quo imprimuntur illae notae, id. Part. Or. 7, 26: menti impressa, id. ib. 2, 11, 34: quaedam vestigia animo, Quint. 11, 2, 4: memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa, Cic. Mil. 27, 73: impressa animo rudi memoria, Quint. 1, 1, 36: quorum lectione duplex imprimeretur rei publicae dedecus, Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16: cum fortitudinis, tum vero humanitatis ... impressa vestigia, id. Balb. 5, 13.—
B. Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to stamp, mark: horum flagitiorum iste vestigiis omnia municipia, praefecturas ... impressit, Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 58; id. Fam. 5, 20, 5.—Hence, impressē, adv., strongly, forcibly, impressively (postclass.).
1. Lit.: dehinc rursus defricandus tenacius quidem, sed non impressius, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 7, 87. —
2. Trop.: alte et impresse recogitare, Tert. Exhort. Cast. 3: ut impressius dixerim, id. Car. Christ. 12.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinimprimō

Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō From in- + premō (“to press”).

Descendants
  • Catalanimprimir
  • Catalanemprémer
  • Englishimprint
  • Englishimpress
  • Frenchempreindre
  • Frenchimprimer
  • GermanImpressum
  • Italianimprimere
  • Portugueseimprimir
  • Romanianimprima

In English words that came into English from imprimō

  • impressionimpressio
  • impressimpressus
  • imprintimprimere
  • imprimaturimprimātur

Quick answers

What does imprimō mean in Latin?
imprimō, a verb, means “to press, impress; to print, imprint, stamp”.
What are the principal parts of imprimō?
imprimō, imprimere, impressī, impressum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce imprimō?
In classical Latin, [ˈɪm.prɪ.moː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈim.pri.mo].
Where does imprimō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin imprimō.
Which English words come from imprimō?
English words that go back to Latin imprimō include impress, imprint, impression and imprimatur.