(verb) : immĭnĕo (inm-), ēre, in-mineo
* To project over or towards a thing, to bend or lean towards, to hang down over, overhang (syn. impendeo).
* 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.
* Transf., to be near to a thing, to touch on, border upon.
* Trop. (class.).
* 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.
* 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.
* Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to be near at hand, to impend.
* 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.
* 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.

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