immineo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 passive, no supine stem)
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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present imminēre — imminēns —
perfect imminuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
imminendī imminendō imminendum imminendō — —

Derived terms

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[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.
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