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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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|georg=im-[[mineo]], ēre (zu Ϝ*men-, [[emporragen]]; vgl. ē-[[mineo]], prō-[[mineo]]), [[über]] etw. herragen, [[sich]] [[über]] etw. [[herneigen]], I) eig., v. Bäumen, [[populus]] antro imminet, Verg.: [[pinus]] villae [[imminens]], Hor.: [[quercus]] [[ingens]] [[arbor]] praetorio imminebat, Liv.: [[nemus]] [[desuper]] imminet, ragt [[darüber]] her, Verg. – v. Örtl., die [[über]] etw. herragen, [[einen]] [[Ort]] [[beherrschen]], [[dicht]]-, [[hart]] an etw-, [[anstoßen]], -[[angrenzen]], [[ganz]] in der [[Nähe]] [[liegen]], [[caelum]] imminet orbi, Verg.: imminet aequoribus [[scopulus]], Ov.: [[collis]] urbi imminet, Verg.: [[tumulus]] moenibus [[imminens]], Liv.: [[carcer]] [[imminens]] [[foro]] ([[hart]] am [[Forum]]) aedificatur, Liv.: imminet mari is [[lacus]], Liv.: [[nisi]] [[quod]] (urbes) imminerent Italiae, Liv.: insulae Italiae imminentes, Liv. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 21, 7, 7. Fabri u. Wölffl. Liv. 21, 49, 1). – [[manus]] capiti alcis [[imminens]], erhoben [[gegen]], Curt. 8, 1 (3), 20. – absol., [[turris]] [[ingens]] imminebat, Liv.: imminet a [[tergo]] [[mons]], [[Mela]]: ut [[castellum]] in urbe [[velut]] arcem imminentem haberet, Liv. – v. Monde, lunā imminente, [[bei]] Mondschein, Hor. – II) übtr.: A) [[über]] jmd. od. etw. hereinzubrechen [[drohen]], jmd. od. [[etwas]] [[bedrohen]], a) v. Übeln usw., die [[drohen]], [[über]] jmds. Haupte [[schweben]] = [[nahe]] [[bevorstehen]], [[bald]] [[eintreten]], [[mors]], [[quae]] [[propter]] incertos [[casus]] [[cotidie]] imminet, [[propter]] brevitatem vitae [[numquam]] potest [[longe]] [[abesse]], Cic.: imminentis et ipsis [[facies]] mali [[ante]] oculos erat, Curt.: imbrium [[divina]] [[avis]] imminentum ([[für]] imminentium), Hor. carm. 3, 27, 10: [[quae]] imminent [[non]] vident, Cic.: imminentes domini, die künftigen, Tac.: u. so imminentis (principis) [[iuventa]], Tac. – m. Infin., castris capi imminebat, [[Flor]]. 4, 7, 9. – Partiz. subst., imminentium [[nescius]], [[nichts]] wissend [[von]] dem, [[was]] ihm bevorstand, Tac.: imminentium [[intellegens]], [[sein]] bevorstehendes [[Schicksal]] ahnend, Tac. – b) v. Pers.u. lebl. Subjj., die etw. od. jmd. [[bedrohen]], [[gegen]] etw. od. jmd. loszubrechen [[drohen]], etw. od. jmd. [[hart]] [[bedrängen]], ihm [[dicht]] [[auf]] den Fersen (dem [[Nacken]]) [[sitzen]], [[castra]] [[Romana]] Carthaginis portis immineant, Liv.: muris [[iterum]] imminet [[hostis]], Verg.: ([[navis]]) [[quae]] quinqueremi imminebat, Curt. – ([[rex]]) [[imminens]] fugientium tergis, Curt.: ([[Alexander]]) Dareo [[imminens]], Curt.: [[haud]] ignaro imminet [[fortuna]], Liv. – absol., videt hostes imminere, Caes.: imminebant [[enim]] [[Seleucus]], [[Lysimachus]], [[Ptolemaeus]], Nep. – imbres imminentes, Hor.: [[gestus]] [[imminens]], drohende [[Gebärde]], Cic.: [[haud]] ignari, quanta invidiae immineret [[tempestas]], Liv. – B) [[mit]] dem Nebenbegr. [[des]] Strebens, der Begierde [[nach]] etw., a) etw. an [[sich]] zu [[reißen]] [[drohen]], etw. [[bedrohen]], [[sich]] [[einer]] [[Sache]] zu [[bemächtigen]] [[suchen]], imminent [[duo]] reges [[toti]] Asiae, Cic.: [[sic]] imperio, [[quod]] [[dedignor]], [[immineo]]! Curt.: si [[alieno]] imminet, Sen.: [[quae]] ([[plebs]]) fortunis vestris imminebat, Cic.: huius [[mendicitas]] aviditate coniunctā in [[fortunas]] [[nostras]] imminebat, Cic. – b) übh. [[nach]] [[irgend]] etw. [[trachten]], -[[eifrig]] [[streben]], [[auf]] etw. [[lauern]], in victoriam, in occasionem, Liv.: ad caedem, Cic.: occasioni, Curt.: deditioni, zur Üb. [[geneigt]] [[sein]], Curt. – Partiz. subst., [[ideo]] [[caduca]] [[memoria]] est futuro imminentium, [[darum]] fällt alles aus dem G., [[weil]] [[man]] [[nur]] [[auf]] das achthat, [[was]] [[kommen]] werde, Sen. de ben. 3, 3, 4.

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