English → Latin
“impend” in Latin
īnstōto stand upon, set foot on; to be nearby, close to, be imminent; to assail, press upon, harassimmineōto project, bend or lean toward or over, overhang; to touch on, border upon; to threaten, menaceterrora dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an object of fear or dreadperīculumtrial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay; risk, hazard, danger, peril; ruin, destructionbellumwar
The English word impend itself goes back to Latin pendeō, through impendere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
impend
impendere alicui or alicui rei (to hang over in a threatening manner; PROP. and IMPROP., alicui or alicui rei; PROP., as saxum Tantalo; gladius alicujus cervicibus; and IMPROP., terrores, pericula, bellum, etc.; IMPROP., also, impendere in aliquem; e.g., terrores in me): instare (to be at hand; also, absolutely, instare jam plane, to be close at hand): imminere (PROP.; e.g., collis urbi; tumulus ipsis moenibus, and IMPROP.; principally of enemies, nations, etc., that seem to hang over an object in a threatening way; also of death, and, generally, ea quae imminent; but not of danger, war, etc., in prose writers, till Quintilian and Suet.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for impend?
- The usual Latin words for “impend” are īnstō, immineō, terror; also perīculum, bellum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.