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|lshtext=<b>immĭnĕo</b>: (inm-), ēre, v. n. in-[[mineo]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[project]] [[over]] or [[towards]] a [[thing]], to [[bend]] or [[lean]] [[towards]], to [[hang]] [[down]] [[over]], [[overhang]] (syn. [[impendeo]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., to be [[near]] to a [[thing]], to [[touch]] on, [[border]] [[upon]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop. ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to be [[near]] at [[hand]], to [[impend]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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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|gf=<b>immineō</b>,⁸ ēre (in, [[mineo]]), intr.<br /><b>1</b> s’élever au-dessus, être suspendu au-dessus : [[collis]] urbi imminet Virg. En. 1, 420, une colline domine la ville, cf. Liv. 29, 35, 7 || avoisiner : [[carcer]] [[imminens]] [[foro]] Liv. 1, 33, 8, une prison touchant au [[forum]], cf. Liv. 2, 33, 7 || [fig.] [[caterva]] in ore hominis [[imminens]] Cic. Sest. 118, le chœur fixant les yeux sur le visage de cet homme<br /><b>2</b> être suspendu sur, être imminent : [[mors]] imminet Cic. Tusc. 1, 91, la mort [[est]] sur [[nos]] têtes, cf. Cic. Cat. 1, 30 ; imminentes [[undique]] insidiæ Suet. Cæs. 86, embûches de toutes parts menaçantes ; tædio præsentium et imminentium Suet. Vitell. 14, par dégoût du présent et de l’avenir imminent || videt imminere hostes Cæs. G. 6, 38, 2, il voit que les ennemis sont tout proches, cf. Cæs. C. 1, 80, 5<br /><b>3</b> menacer : imminent [[duo]] reges [[toti]] Asiæ Cic. Pomp. 12, deux rois menacent toute l’Asie, cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 87 ; Att. 5, 20, 2<br /><b>4</b> pencher sur, tendre vers, convoiter : hujus [[mendicitas]] in [[fortunas]] [[nostras]] imminebat Cic. Phil. 5, 20, son dénuement menaçait [[nos]] fortunes ; in occasionem Liv. 25, 20, 5, guetter l’occasion [occasioni Curt. 5, 11, 1 ] ; [[imminens]] ei potestati Liv. 3, 51, 9, convoitant [[cette]] charge ; imminentes futuro Sen. Tranq. 9, 2, des [[gens]] penchés sur l’avenir, qui n’ont en vue que l’avenir.
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