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immĭnĕo ( inm-), ēre, v. n. [in-mineo], to project over or towards a thing, to bend or lean towards, to hang down over, overhang (syn. impendeo).

Lit. (mostly poet.):

collis plurimus urbi Imminet,

commands, Verg. A. 1, 420; cf.:

imminens prope ipsis moenibus tumulus,

Liv. 29, 35, 7:

imminens villae tua pinus esto,

Hor. C. 3, 22, 5:

candida populus antro Imminet,

Verg. E. 9, 41:

aër his,

Ov. M. 1, 52:

caelumque quod imminet orbi,

id. ib. 2, 7:

scopulus aequoribus,

id. ib. 4, 525:

apex collis subjectis arvis,

id. ib. 7, 779:

nemus desuper,

Verg. A. 1, 165:

arbos,

Ov. M. 4, 459:

imminet e celsis audentius improba muris Virgo,

Val. Fl. 6, 681; Quint. 11, 3, 130:

choros ducit Venus imminente luna,

shining overhead, Hor. C. 1, 4, 5: cum ageretur togata, simulans, caterva tota clarissima concentione in ore impuri hominis imminens contionata est: Huic vitae tuae, etc., bending or turning towards, Cic. Sest. 55, 118; cf.:

gestu omni imminenti,

bent towards him, id. de Or. 2, 55, 225.—

Transf., to be near to a thing, to touch on, border upon.

In gen. (rare):

imminet hic, sequiturque parem, similisque tenenti Non tenet,

Ov. M. 7, 785:

tergo fugacis,

id. ib. 1, 542:

carcer imminens foro,

adjoining, Liv. 1, 33, 8:

imminentia muro aedificia,

id. 2, 33, 7.—

In partic. (like impendere and instare), in an inimical sense, to threaten, menace, by nearness or commanding position (class.):

nimis imminebat propter propinquitatem Aegina Piraeeo,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; cf.:

Carthago imminere jam fructuosissimis insulis populi Romani videbatur,

id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

certior sum factus, Parthos... Ciliciae magis imminere,

id. Att. 5, 20, 2:

imminent duo reges toti Asiae,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

circum insulas Italiae inminentes,

Liv. 21, 49, 1:

Mithridates Italiae quoque,

Vell. 2, 18, 4:

Parthi Latio,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 53:

Germaniae et Britanniae,

Suet. Calig. 19:

bello subegit gentem rebus populi Romani imminentem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 20:

instabat agmen Caesaris atque universum imminebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 80 fin.:

imbrium divina avis imminentŭm,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 10:

turris ingens inminebat,

Liv. 21, 7, 7; 21, 11, 10:

inminentes tumuli,

id. 3, 7, 2. —

Trop. (class.).

To strive eagerly ofter a thing, to be eager for, to long for, be intent upon:

hujus mendicitas aviditate conjuncta in nostras fortunas imminebat,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20; Liv. 30, 28, 9:

in alterius ducis exercitusque opprimendi occasionem imminebat,

id. 25, 20, 5:

huc imminet: om nes Dirigit huc sensus,

Verg. Cul. 89:

alieno imminere,

Sen. Ep. 2 fin.:

rebus,

Tac. A. 16, 14:

quod imminere emptioni publicanos videbat,

Suet. Aug. 24:

peritus rerum popularium imminensque ei potestati,

Liv. 3, 51, 9:

spei majoris honoris,

id. 4, 25, 9:

occasioni alloquendi regem,

Curt. 5, 11:

exitio conjugis,

Ov. M. 1, 146:

Verres avaritia semper hiante atque imminenti fuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134.—

Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to be near at hand, to impend.

In gen.:

sunt qui ea, quae quotidie imminent, non videant,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

mors, quae propter incertos casus quotidie imminet,

id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91.—

In partic., to threaten by nearness, to be imminent:

periculum, quod imminere ipsi portenderetur,

Suet. Claud. 29:

periculum ambobus,

id. Tit. 9:

imminentes undique insidiae,

id. Caes. 86:

discrimina undique,

id. Tib. 25:

summum discrimen,

Quint. 8, 4, 22:

bellum,

id. 12, 1, 43:

taedio praesentium et imminentium metu,

Suet. Vit. 15.

immĭnŭo ( inm-), ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [inminuo], to lessen, diminish a thing (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf. diminuo, comminuo).

Lit.

In gen.:

si istas exiguas copias quam minime imminueris,

Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 2:

pondus,

Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47.—

Pregn., to weaken, impair, enfeeble:

corpus otio, animum libidinibus imminuebant,

Tac. H. 2, 93; cf.:

Gauda, morbis confectus, et ob eam caussam mente paululum inminuta,

Sall. J. 65, 1:

vires (Venus),

Lucr. 5, 1017; cf. ib. 626.—In mal. part.:

virginem,

App. Flor. p. 350; Lact. 1, 10 fin. —

Trop.

In gen., to lessen, diminish, abate:

aestivorum tempus comitiorum mora imminuerat,

Sall. J. 44, 3:

quod populi semper proprium fuit, quod nemo imminuit, nemo mutavit,

Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19:

imminuitur aliquid de voluptate,

id. de Or. 1, 61, 259:

nihil ex consuetudine luxus atque desidiae,

Suet. Ner. 42:

postquam se dolor imminuit,

Ov. H. 15, 113:

verbum imminutum,

contracted, Cic. Or. 47, 157.—

In partic., pregn., to encroach upon, to violate, injure, subvert, ruin, destroy:

nullum jus tam sanctum atque integrum, quod non ejus scelus atque perfidia violarit et imminuerit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 109:

cupiditas imminuta ac debilitata,

id. Phil. 12, 3, 7:

bellum attenuatum atque imminutum,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

pudicitiam,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 90:

auctoritatem,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 5; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 60:

jus legationis,

id. ib. 2, 1, 33, §

84: laudem alicujus,

id. Att. 14, 17, A, 2:

libertatem,

id. Caecin. 12, 35:

Bocchi pacem,

Sall. J. 81, 4:

mentes hominum (ebrietas),

Gell. 15, 2, 4:

Agrippa discidio domum imminuerat,

Tac. A. 2, 86.—With acc. pers. only in Tac.:

quamquam Augusta se violari et imminui quereretur,

Tac. A. 2, 34:

perculso Seneca, promptum fuit Rufum Fenium imminuere,

id. ib. 14, 57.—Hence, immĭnūtus, a, um, P. a., diminished, smaller, weak:

mens,

Tac. A. 6, 46:

modus intercalandi interdum cumulatior, interdum imminutior,

Sol. 1, § 44 [p. 893]

immĭnūtĭo ( inm-), ōnis, f. [imminuo], a lessening, aiminution; a weakening, impairing, injuring (rare but class.).

Lit.:

pravitas imminutioque corporis,

i. e. mutilation, Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 47. —In mal. part., i. q. devirgin tio, a deflowering, Aus. Cent. Nupt. Idyll. 13.—

Trop.

In gen.:

dignitatis,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

criminis,

Quint. 7, 4, 3:

malorum,

id. 5, 10, 33.—

In partic., as a figure of speech, the use of a weaker expression for a stronger, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207; Quint. 9, 1, 34; 9, 3, 90.

immiscĕo ( inm-), scŭi, xtum, or stum, 2 (archaic inf. pres. pass. immiscerier, Verg. G. 1, 454) v. a. [in-misceo], to mix in, intermix, intermingle, blend (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

semina farinae,

Col. 11, 3, 5; 12, 20, 3; 12, 38, 6 sq.:

vos meorum militum corpori immiscui,

Curt. 10, 3, 10:

elephanti per modica intervalla agmini immixti,

id. 8, 12, 7:

manus manibus,

Verg. A. 5, 429:

summis ima,

Ov. M. 7, 278:

sin maculae incipient rutilo immiscerier igni,

Verg. G. 1, 454:

immixta corporibus semina,

Lucr. 3, 393; cf. id. 1, 877:

immixtus castris hostium,

Vell. 1, 2, 1:

mediis se immiscuit armis,

Verg. A. 11, 815; cf.:

feminas metus turbae virorum immiscuerat,

Liv. 22, 60, 2:

se nubi atrae,

Verg. A. 10, 662.—

Transf., to cling to:

vestis immiscet cutem,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 829.—

Esp.: se immiscere, or immisceri, to join, unite with any one, associate with:

turbae servientium,

Tac. Agr. 4, 40:

turbae sacricolarum,

id. H. 3, 74:

manipulis,

id. Agr. 28:

cur immisceri sibi in cavea patres plebem nollent,

Liv. 34, 54, 6:

equites se peditibus,

id. 31, 35, 5:

ita se immiscuit mediis,

id. 39, 31, 8:

se hostibus,

id. 9, 36, 4:

veteribus militibus,

id. 40, 38, 11; 7, 12, 4; 3, 50, 10:

vadimus immixti Danais,

Verg. A. 2, 396:

se alienae familiae venali,

Quint. 7, 2, 26; cf.:

se pavonum gregi,

Phaedr. 1, 3, 7.—

Trop.

In gen.:

caelestibus immisceri,

Sen. ad Helv. 1, 8:

si virtuti se voluptas immiscuisset,

id. Vit. Beat. 7, 2; id. Ep. 87, 27:

vera falsis,

id. ib. 90, 29:

sic enim vitia virtutibus inmixta sunt,

id. ib. 114, 12:

non fugienda petendis Immiscere,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 76:

quibus necessitudinibus immiscere te mihi parem,

Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.:

immixtaque vota timori,

Ov. H. 6, 73:

nec parvis periculis immixtus,

Tac. H. 4, 85.—

Esp.

To mingle, associate, connect one thing with another:

sortem fortunae regnique sui cum rebus Romanis,

Liv. 45, 14, 3 (dub. Weissenb. ex conj. miscuisset).—

Se immiscere (immisceri) alicui rei, to take part in, concern one's self with, meddle with:

fero et contionibus et comitiis se immiscere,

Liv. 34, 2, 1; cf.:

ne adfinitatibus, ne propinquitatibus immisceamur,

id. 4, 4, 6:

ne Philippus rebus Graeciae immisceretur,

id. 27, 30, 5:

cum se immiscuissent colloquiis montanorum,

Liv. 21, 32, 10:

Fidenati bello se jam ante immiscuerant,

id. 5, 8, 6:

se negotiis alienis,

Dig. 3, 5, 3 fin.:

se bonis hereditariis,

Gai. Inst. 2, 163.

immĭsĕrābĭlis ( inm-), e, adj. [inmiserabilis], unpitied:

periret immiserabilis Captiva pubes,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 17.—

Pitiless, Serv. Verg. A. 6, 315.

immĭsĕrĭcors ( inm-), ordis, adj. [inmisericors], pitiless, merciless (very rare, but class.):

ipsum immisericordem, superbum fuisse,

Cic. Inv. 2, 36, 108:

judex immisericors atque inexorabilis contra improbos,

Gell. 14, 4, 3.—Of things: flucti (i. e. fluctus) inmisericordes jacere, Att. ap. Non. 488, 12 (Fragm. Trag. v. 33 Rib.); Vulg. Jer. 50, 42.—

* Adv.: immĭsĕrĭcordĭter, unmercifully:

factum a vobis duriter immisericorditerque,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 28.