immineo

Latin

Alternative forms

• inmineō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈmi.ne.oː/, [ɪmˈmɪneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈmi.ne.o/, [imˈmiːneo]

Verb

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of immineō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	immineō	imminēs	imminet	imminēmus	imminētis	imminent
	imperfect	imminēbam	imminēbās	imminēbat	imminēbāmus	imminēbātis	imminēbant
	future	imminēbō	imminēbis	imminēbit	imminēbimus	imminēbitis	imminēbunt
	perfect	imminuī	imminuistī	imminuit	imminuimus	imminuistis	imminuērunt, imminuēre
	pluperfect	imminueram	imminuerās	imminuerat	imminuerāmus	imminuerātis	imminuerant
	future perfect	imminuerō	imminueris	imminuerit	imminuerimus	imminueritis	imminuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	immineam	immineās	immineat	immineāmus	immineātis	immineant
	imperfect	imminērem	imminērēs	imminēret	imminērēmus	imminērētis	imminērent
	perfect	imminuerim	imminuerīs	imminuerit	imminuerīmus	imminuerītis	imminuerint
	pluperfect	imminuissem	imminuissēs	imminuisset	imminuissēmus	imminuissētis	imminuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	imminē	—	—	imminēte	—
	future	—	imminētō	imminētō	—	imminētōte	imminentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		imminēre	imminuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		imminēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		imminendī	imminendō	imminendum	imminendō	—	—

Derived terms

• imminēns
• imminentia

Related terms

• ēmineō
• minae
• prōmineō

References

• “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, 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.