immineo

immĭnĕo ( inm- ), ēre, v. n. [in-mineo], to project over or towards a thing, to bend or lean towards, to hang down over, overhang (syn. impendeo).

I.

Lit. (mostly poet. ):

collis plurimus urbi Imminet,

commands, Verg. A. 1, 420; cf.:

imminens prope ipsis moenibus tumulus,

Liv. 29, 35, 7:

imminens villae tua pinus esto,

Hor. C. 3, 22, 5:

candida populus antro Imminet,

Verg. E. 9, 41:

aër his,

Ov. M. 1, 52:

caelumque quod imminet orbi,

id. ib. 2, 7:

scopulus aequoribus,

id. ib. 4, 525:

apex collis subjectis arvis,

id. ib. 7, 779:

nemus desuper,

Verg. A. 1, 165:

arbos,

Ov. M. 4, 459:

imminet e celsis audentius improba muris Virgo,

Val. Fl. 6, 681; Quint. 11, 3, 130:

choros ducit Venus imminente luna,

shining overhead, Hor. C. 1, 4, 5: cum ageretur togata, simulans, caterva tota clarissima concentione in ore impuri hominis imminens contionata est: Huic vitae tuae, etc., bending or turning towards, Cic. Sest. 55, 118; cf.:

gestu omni imminenti,

bent towards him, id. de Or. 2, 55, 225.—

B.

Transf., to be near to a thing, to touch on, border upon.

1.

In gen. (rare):

imminet hic, sequiturque parem, similisque tenenti Non tenet,

Ov. M. 7, 785:

tergo fugacis,

id. ib. 1, 542:

carcer imminens foro,

adjoining, Liv. 1, 33, 8:

imminentia muro aedificia,

id. 2, 33, 7.—

2.

In partic. (like impendere and instare), in an inimical sense, to threaten, menace, by nearness or commanding position (class.):

nimis imminebat propter propinquitatem Aegina Piraeeo,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; cf.:

Carthago imminere jam fructuosissimis insulis populi Romani videbatur,

id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

certior sum factus, Parthos... Ciliciae magis imminere,

id. Att. 5, 20, 2:

imminent duo reges toti Asiae,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

circum insulas Italiae inminentes,

Liv. 21, 49, 1:

Mithridates Italiae quoque,

Vell. 2, 18, 4:

Parthi Latio,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 53:

Germaniae et Britanniae,

Suet. Calig. 19:

bello subegit gentem rebus populi Romani imminentem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 20:

instabat agmen Caesaris atque universum imminebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 80 fin.:

imbrium divina avis imminentŭm,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 10:

turris ingens inminebat,

Liv. 21, 7, 7; 21, 11, 10:

inminentes tumuli,

id. 3, 7, 2. —

II.

Trop. (class.).

A.

To strive eagerly ofter a thing, to be eager for, to long for, be intent upon:

hujus mendicitas aviditate conjuncta in nostras fortunas imminebat,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20; Liv. 30, 28, 9:

in alterius ducis exercitusque opprimendi occasionem imminebat,

id. 25, 20, 5:

huc imminet: om nes Dirigit huc sensus,

Verg. Cul. 89:

alieno imminere,

Sen. Ep. 2 fin.:

rebus,

Tac. A. 16, 14:

quod imminere emptioni publicanos videbat,

Suet. Aug. 24:

peritus rerum popularium imminensque ei potestati,

Liv. 3, 51, 9:

spei majoris honoris,

id. 4, 25, 9:

occasioni alloquendi regem,

Curt. 5, 11:

exitio conjugis,

Ov. M. 1, 146:

Verres avaritia semper hiante atque imminenti fuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134.—

B.

Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to be near at hand, to impend.

1.

In gen.:

sunt qui ea, quae quotidie imminent, non videant,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

mors, quae propter incertos casus quotidie imminet,

id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91.—

2.

In partic., to threaten by nearness, to be imminent:

periculum, quod imminere ipsi portenderetur,

Suet. Claud. 29:

periculum ambobus,

id. Tit. 9:

imminentes undique insidiae,

id. Caes. 86:

discrimina undique,

id. Tib. 25:

summum discrimen,

Quint. 8, 4, 22:

bellum,

id. 12, 1, 43:

taedio praesentium et imminentium metu,

Suet. Vit. 15.