immineo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈmi.ne.oː/, [ɪmˈmɪ.ne.oː]

Verb

immineō (present infinitive imminēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. I project, bend or lean toward or over, overhang.
  2. I touch on, border upon.
  3. (with dative) I threaten, menace.
  4. I am eager for or intent upon, long for.
  5. I am near at hand, impend; I am imminent.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of immineō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect 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
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present immineam immineās immineat immineāmus immineātis immineant
imperfect imminērem imminērēs imminēret imminērēmus imminērētis imminērent
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 — — — — —
participles imminēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
imminendī imminendō imminendum imminendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

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.
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