immineo Latin · revision 8377

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪmˈmɪ.ne.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [imˈmiː.ne.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''immineō''' (present infinitive imminēre, perfect active imminuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] “on, over” and ⟨-mineō⟩, as in [[ēmineō]] “to stand out”, from [[ine-pro|*men-|t=to stand out]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Caesar, of pursuers pressing close, and Cicero, of impending dangers.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Caesar c. 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to overhang, overlook, of natural features and buildings, as in Virgil, and in Seneca to lean over and to be intent on something.^(OLD 2012) In Caesar it meant to press closely on, in Nepos to be a threat, and in Cicero of dangers to impend, threaten, be imminent.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to project over, threaten, impend, aspire to.^(Stelten 1995) Its participle ''imminēns'' gave [[en|imminent]] in the mid-15th century, “impending”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of impending dangers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of pressing close.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of overhanging.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''imminent'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To overhang, overlook.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To lean over; to be intent on.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To press close on.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To threaten.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To impend, be [[m|en|imminent]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[imminentia]]

+ * [[superimmineō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ēmineō]]

+ * [[minae]]

+ * [[prōmineō]]

+ * [[en|imminent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}