• imminent: praesens (not quite so in Cic.): to threaten i. death, p. mortem intentare, Virg. Aen. 1, 91: most i. dangers, praesentissima pericula, Quint. 10, 7, 1. Phr.: there is i. danger, maximo in periculo res est, summum est periculum, Cic. passim. To be i.: (1). immĭneo, ui, 2: there are some who do not see what is i., nonnulli sunt, qui ea quae i., non videant, Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30: Vell.: v. to overhang, threaten. (2). insto, stĭti, 1: her confinement was i., partus instabat prope, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 9: you were in i. danger from them, tibi ab iis instare periculum, Brut. in Cic. Fam. 11, 20 (but the verb expresses less than the Eng.). (3). advento, 1 (to be on the point of arriving): old-age either actually weighing upon one, or at least i., aut jam urgens, aut certe adventans senectus, Cic. Sen. 1, 2: v. to approach. (4). impendeo, 2: v. to impend.