Latin

Verb

immineō ‎(present infinitive imminēre, perfect active imminuī, supine imminitum); second conjugation

1. I project, bend or lean toward or over, overhang.
2. I touch on, border upon.
3. (with dative) I threaten, menace.
4. I am eager for or intent upon, long for.
5. I am near at hand, impend; I am imminent.

Inflection

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Derived terms

• imminēns
• imminentia

Related terms

• ēmineō
• minae
• prōmineō

Descendants

• English: imminent

References

• immineo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• immineo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “immineo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • dangers threaten a man: pericula alicui impendent, imminent
    
  • a war is imminent: bellum impendet, imminet, instat
    
  • (ambiguous) to increase a person's dignity: auctoritatem alicuius amplificare (opp. imminuere, minuere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius famam, laudem imminuere
    
  • (ambiguous) to weaken, destroy a man's credit: fidem alicuius imminuere, infirmare (opp. confirmare)
    
• Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.