immineō (in-m-) -, -, ēre, to project over, lean towards, hang down over, overhang, overarch: Quos super silex Imminet, V.: imminente lunā, shining overhead, H.: in ore impuri hominis imminens, bending towards: gestu omni imminenti, bent towards him: collis urbi Imminet, commands, V.: moenibus tumulus, L.: caelumque quod imminet orbi, O.

—To be near to, touch on, border upon, follow up: Imminet hic, sequiturque parem, O.: carcer imminens foro, adjoining, L.: imminentes domini, i. e. future, Ta.

—To threaten, menace: instabat agmen atque universum imminebat, Cs.: Imbrium divina avis imminentūm, H.: cum Karthago huic imperio immineret: imminent reges Asiae: Parthi Latio, H.

—Fig., to strive eagerly after, be eager for, long for, be intent upon: avaritiā imminenti esse: in exercitūs opprimendi occasionem, L.: ad caedem: ei potestati, L.: exitio coniugis, O.

—To be at hand, impend: ea, quae cottidie imminent: mors, quae cottidie imminet: imminentium nescius, Ta.