overhang Copy link Outline I. Trans., to suspend over and coverII. Intrans., to be suspended or situated above1. immĭneo, ui, 2 (with dat., or absol.)2. impendeo, 2 (to hang right over; whereas immineo rather refers to that which from height and proximity may be said to overhang) • overhang: I. Trans., to suspend over and cover: perh. convestio, vestio: cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, ita omnia convestit (clothes, overhangs) hedera: also id. Tusc. 5, 23, 64, sepulcrum septum undique et vestitum vepribus et dumetis. To o. a theatre with an awning, vela in theatro ducere, Plin. 19, 1, 6; theatrum integere, inumbrare, ib. II. Intrans., to be suspended or situated above: 1. immĭneo, ui, 2 (with dat., or absol.): eminences o.ing (i. e. situated so close as to command) the road, viae imminentes tumuli, Liv. 38, 2, med.: the cliff o.s the waters, scopulus aequoribus i., Ov. M. 4, 525: for absol. use, see Virg. Aen. 1, 165. Strengthened, superimmineo, 2 (rare): Virg. 2. impendeo, 2 (to hang right over; whereas immineo rather refers to that which from height and proximity may be said to overhang): a sword o.s his neck, impendet illius cervicibus (gladius), Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62: also = immineo: Caes. B. G. 1, 6 (mons altissimus impendebat, sc. itineri). Strengthened, superimpendeo, 2: Cat. For fig. sense, v. to impend.