impend
From LSJ
Θέλομεν καλῶς ζῆν πάντες, ἀλλ' οὐ δυνάμεθα → Bene vivere omnes volumus, at non possumus → Gut leben wollen wir alle, doch wir können es nicht
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. ἐφίστασθαι, P. ἐπικρέμασθαι, ἐπηρτῆσθαι (perf. pass. of ἐπαρτᾶν), Ar. and P. ἐνεστηκέναι (perf. of ἐνιστάναι).
some of the dangers were impending, others were already upon us: P. τὰ μὲν ἤμελλε τῶν δεινῶν τὰ δ' ἤδη παρῆν (Dem. 292).