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Latin
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Etymology
From in- + *mineō, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”).
Pronunciation
Verb
immineō (present infinitive imminēre, perfect active imminuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to project, bend or lean toward or over, overhang
- Synonym: incumbō
- to touch on, border upon
- (with dative) to threaten, menace
- Synonym: īnstō
- to be eager for or intent upon, long for
- Synonyms: quaero, peto, concupio, cupio, expeto, affecto, aveo, studeo, voveo
- to be near at hand, impend; to be imminent
- Synonyms: subsum, astō, stō, adsum, contingo, insto
- Antonyms: dissideō, distō
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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
- immineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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.