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immineo

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ *mineō, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (to stand out).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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immineō (present infinitive imminēre, perfect active imminuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to project, bend or lean toward or over, overhang
    Synonym: incumbō
  2. to touch on, border upon
  3. (with dative) to threaten, menace
    Synonym: īnstō
  4. to be eager for or intent upon, long for
    Synonyms: quaero, peto, concupio, cupio, expeto, affecto, aveo, studeo, voveo
  5. to be near at hand, impend; to be imminent
    Synonyms: subsum, astō, stō, adsum, contingo, insto
    Antonyms: dissideō, distō

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References

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  • 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[1], 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.