IMM 
1MM 
Sallust. Bocclii pacem imminuere, h. e 
to thwart. Tacit. Perculso Seneca, 
promptum fnit Rufum Fenium immi 
nuere, h. e. evertere, to overthrow, ruin. 
Sallust. Id imminutum, quod ceteri do- 
lere soleant, ego hetor, h. c. mutatum, 
lias been altered or reversed, is no longer 
so. Spul. virginem, to violate. So, 
Plant, pudicitiam. Tacit, duanquam 
Augusta se (A. e. suam dignitatem) 
imminui quereretur. 
IJIMiNOTTS (imminuo), onis, f. a Ics- 
1 seeing, diminution, impairing, abating, 
weakening, violation, derogation, iXdr- 
TMtrif. “ Cic. Sine ulla imminutione 
dignitatis tua. Id. Si pravitatem im- 
mrnutionemque corporis propter se fu- 
giendam putamus, li. e. debilitatem, 
aut abscissionem alicujus membri. 
Quintil. Defensio eriminis, aut immi- 
nutio, aut excusatio, an abating or re¬ 
futing. Anson, sponsffi, h. e. devir- 
ginatio. 
IMMlNC'TfiS a, um, particip. from im- 
3 minuo. — Also, adj. Solin. Imminuti- 
or.-IT Adj. (of in & minutus), un¬ 
impaired, unviolated, not encroached on. 
Pntuled. jus suum. 
1MMISCE5 (in & misceo), es, iscui, 
2 ixtuni or istum, a. 2. to mix in, mingle, 
intermingle, intermix, eyKtpduvvgt, ip- 
piyvvpt. Plin Radicem contusam, im- 
mixta calce, in mare sparsere. Curt. 
Vos meorum militum corpori immiscui. 
Lie. Immisti turb® militum togati. 
Virg. manus manibus, h. e. manus 
conserere. Horat. fugienda petendis. 
Plueir. Graculus se pavonum immis 
cuit gregi, introduced himself, joined 
himself. Virg. se mediis armis. Id. 
Nubi se imimscuit atra, vanished, dii 
appeared, was lost in. Senec. Vestis 
immiscet cutem, h. e. adheres so closely 
to Hie skin, as to become one with it. 
Pirn. Immiscerier (by paragoge for im- 
misceri; igni, to mingle with. — Figur. 
Lie. Cum se immiscuissent colloquiis 
montnnorum. Id. Q,ui sortem omnem 
fortume regnique sui cum Romanis im- 
miscuisset, made common cause, had 
united, had identified. Id. Fidenati bello 
se immiscuerant, had joined or taken 
part in. Pandect, se negotiis alienis, 
to intermeddle with. Tacit. Q.uibus ne- 
cessitudinibus immiscere te mihi parem, 
_ make you nearly allied. 
IMMISERaBTLIS (in &l miserabilis), e, 
■) adj. unpitied. Ilorat. 
BIM1SERIC0RDIX. (immisericors), ®, f. 
u hardness of heart, unmcrcifulness, merci- 
Ibssmss. Tcrtull. 
IMMISERICoRDTTER (Id.), adv. unmer- 
o cijidly, without mercy or pity, cruelly, 
mXeyydms. Tererit. 
jilillSERtCoRS (in & misericors), dis, 
anj. unmerciful, without pity, merciless, 
"SW Cic. and Gell. 
IMMISEROR (in & miseror), aris, dep. 
1. (o commiserate, pity. Plant, ap. JYon. 
IMMIslirrnw alii aliter ' 
ofail. , IUM > ll > n -a receptacle attached 
' irih„is >!lter ~ tower °f an a( ineduct, and dis- 
j- wal - cr through pipes in different 
lifers’r° C “. teni ’ r^rvoir. Vitruv. 
1 inIrml i- ° n * s ) f- a lettino- in 
ZmZ ° n - ? andecL ^ Immlssio 
•4 to ampZio) eUln $it hem ^ ( ° PP ° S ' 
TbLel C mw-iln MIS ' COLOS ’ ™mis- 
iMMOST^q 8 ® 0 L0S ’ tMMuSSOLtiS, 
bl v 0 f the *’ a certa * n bird, proba- 
P«/and V ^ U l lre 7 r M c «’h or eagle kind. 
immittT) 1 Fest • (Perhaps derived from 
'MMISSOS, a 
mitto. 
3 M S BS (immitt °)> 
um, particip. from im- 
JMSITTf qa’rtt l r^V• S ? e Immixtl is. 
e > adj. 
Cffi/. j} urc i allayed or assuaged. 
8M, sharp^S'^ffj ad j- unri P e , s«ar, 
talmitis uva m d a f°>pog. Horat. 
|nis Hisnani i r V Palm ® mariti- 
'umitein W.f rUCtU1 I 1 terunt., vernm 
mites Mahan?’,, Id. I, n 
f'&ces, rude wild C ; s ! lvestres ■ ~ Of 
"aniitibus tantiini Pli ' 1 - Ka T>e 
Ve aiunt. T„ r u m r ’ et desertls locis pro- 
lacit. Insulam Gyarum im- 
i m. a lettinir in. 
mitem et sine cultu hominum esse._ 
lienee, figur. untimely, premature. Ti- 
bud. Immiti consumptus morte_ 
* Also, stern,, inflexible, inexorable, sav¬ 
age, cruel, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless. 
Virg. Immitis tyrannus (A. e. Pluto), 
inexorable. Liv. Natura et moribus im¬ 
mitis ferusque. Virg. Ferunt nidis 
linmitibus escam, A. c. cruel, because 
hostile to bees. Ovid. Immitia fata. 
Id. Immitibus oculis tueri. Id. Immi- 
tior hydro. Plin. Serpentes, immitis- 
simmn animalium genus. Tacit. Eo 
immitior, quia toleraverat, more severe y 
rigid — And of inanimate objects. 77- 
bull. Q,uam juvat immites ventos audire 
cubantem, fierce, raging, boisterous. 
Ovid, vulnera, cruel. Id. ara, barbn 
rous, cruel, because used for human sac¬ 
rifices. Plin. Ep. Imrnite et turbidum 
cmium, boisterous, tempestuous, stormy. 
—- V JYeut. Imrnite, adverbially. Sil. 
-,™ r ftdentum imrnite sibilat. 
IMAIiTTS (in & mitto), is, isi, issum, a. 
o. to send or let in, despatch into or against, 
cause to go into or to any place, discharge 
ot oj" into, let loose upon, introduce, 
cppaXXw. Cic. Eone tu servos ad spo- 
Iiandum fanum immittere ausus es, 
quo, &c. ? Id. Servi in tecta nostra 
cum facibus immissi. Pandect. Aquam 
ex supenore in inferiora. Ovid, corpus 
in undas. Id. aliquem flammis. Cats. 
naves compietas pice in Pomponianam 
classem. Cic. tela in aliquem, to 
throw, hurl, shoot. Galba ad Cic. 
Kepente eqiiuin immisi ad earn legio- 
nem, spui'red towards, drove towards. 
Plant. Neque ego id immitto in aures 
meas, A. e. I do not listen to. Pandect. 
Corpus ejus in aliquam valetudinem 
immisisset, h. e. had thrown into a sick 
ness. Plin. Caseus recens immittitur 
ad utrurnque vitium, h. e. injicitur, in- 
funditur. Cic. Codrus in medios se 
immisit hostes r threw himself, rushed. 
Valer. Flacc. Mediam se immisit. 
Virg. Superis immissa repente Aiecto, 
sent or let into the upper places, h. e. upon 
the earth. Id. Trepident immisso lu- 
mine Manes, let in. Cats. Ne canalibus 
aqua immissa iateres diluere possit. 
Ovid. Veste procul jacta, mediis im¬ 
mittitur undis, for in undas, springs, 
leaps into, throws herself into. Cces. 
Pluribus immissis cohortibus, let loose 
upon the enemy, sent upon the enemy. — 
Henc e, to let into, mortise. Cats. Tigna 
bipedaiibus trabibus immissis distine 
bantur. Pandect, tignnm in parietem. 
— Also, Cic. In mea bona, quos voles, 
lmmittes, h. e. put in possession. — Al¬ 
so, to send or let loose upon one, set at 
work, employ, set on, suborn , instigate. 
Sallust. Tarquinium a Cicerone immis- 
sum aiebant. Justin. Creditum est, 
lmtnissum ab Olympiade fuisse. Virg. 
Cervos immissis canibus agitare, let 
loose upon, urgea on. Cic. Injuriam in 
me, to aim, wish to inflict. — Also, to put 
on, apply, put round. Petron. mappam 
circa cervices oneratas veste. — Also, 
to induce, infuse, occasion. Viro-. Fu- 
gam Teucris, atrumque timorem? Val. 
Place, vires alicui. Senec. amorem. 
Also, to set in, ingraft. Virg. Deinde 
feraces plant® immittuntur! 1 — Also, 
to insert, weave in. Ovid, aurum filis. 
-IT To let a thing go as it will ; thus, 
to let loose. JYepos. Hann. 5. Ejus gene¬ 
ris (jumentorum) multitudinem mag- 
nam dispalatam immisit, let loose, let 
run. Virg. Immissis aurigs undantia 
lora concussere jugis (A. e. equis juga- 
libus, span of horses, or literally, the 
yokes or collars, considered as slackened 
by loosening the reins ; as in Plundr. 
jugum temperare). — Also, to let go, let 
drop, let out, slacken. Plin. Ep. Immit¬ 
tere rudentes, pandere vela. — Hence, 
Ovid. Totas habenas fluminibus, give 
full rein, free course. Virg. habenas 
classi, give free course, full sail. Id. 
Furit immissis Vulcanus habenis, un¬ 
checked, uncontrolled, with full fury. — 
Also, to let grow, suffer to grow. Varr. 
Ea vitis immittitur ad uvas pariendas. 
Plin. Cupressus immittitur in perticas. 
Virg. Palines laxis immissus habenas, 
h. e. allowed to grow unhindered. Lucil. 
barbam, let grow. So, Virg. Immissa 
399 
IMM 
barba, hanging down long. Ovid. Im¬ 
missi capilli. 
IMMIXTOS, or IMMISTCS, a, um, par- 
3 ticip. from immisceo.-ir Adj, (of 
in & mistus or mixtus), unmixed. Au- 
son. 
IMM5, or IMO (unc.), adv. yes, yea (in 
earnest or ironically), pSXXov Si, dXXd. 
It marks in general the opposite of that 
which tlie interrogator has in his mind, 
and is sometimes yes, and sometimes 
nay. It also serves to express an em- 
phatical assertion, like maxime, yes in¬ 
deed, yea verily, by all jneans. - IT Yes, 
yea, in answers. Terent. And. 4, 2, 25. 
Verum visdicam? {Da.) Immo etiam, 
yes, yes. Id. fluid ? Hoc intellextin’ i 
An nondum etiam ne hoequidem? ( Da.) 
Immo collide, yes, very well. Cic. Non 
igitur patria pnestat omnibus officiis? 
Immovero; sed, &c. Yes indeed, by all 
means. -II Yes, by way of assent or 
permission, willingly or not. Terent. 
An ut pro hujus peccatis ego supplicium 
sufferain ? Immo habeat, vivat, valeat 
cum ilia, yes, he may have her. Id. Immo 
ita volo, yes, that is just my wish; I wish 
as you suy. Plant. Sine respirem, qmeso. 
(Pc.) Imino adquiesce, very well. Te¬ 
rent. And. 4, 1, 49. Imoetiam , indeed 1 
do, yes indeed, ironically, A. e. no, no ; not 
so, not at all. Cic. An censes non ne- 
cesse esse ' immo prorsus ita censeo, 
yes, by all means; that is altogether my 
opinion. -IT Yes, when one interrupts 
another to answer him, and consequent¬ 
ly appears to agree with him, true, very 
true. Plaut. Tanto melior Bacchis. ( Pis- 
tod.) Immo (where the other goes on 
immediately). Immo abiero potius. — 
And so, when one answers the very 
opposite or something different. Terent. 
Non mea opera, neque pol culpa eve- 
nit. (La.) Immo vero maxime, 0 yes, 
it did by all means. — Or something 
stronger. Terent. ( Sy.) Pessuma base 
est. (CA.) ita videtur. (Sy.) imo, si scias, 
yes indeed, if you only knew what she docs ; 
you may well say so _IT Ecs, h. e. 
even. Cic. Vivit! immo in senatum ve- 
nit! Yes, and comes ; he even comes. - 
IT Yes, ironically, h. e. nay rather, on the 
contrary, the reverse of this, I should rather 
say; which we may sometimes express 
hy no, or but no. Cic. Concessit, credo ; 
immo calumniam obtrivit. Id. Regnum 
est dicere in quem velis. Immo servitus 
est, non dicere in quem velis, rather. 
Id. Si patriam prodere conabitur pater, 
silebitne filius ? Immo vero obsecrabit 
patrem, ne, &c. nay, rather. Id. Levem ? 
immo gravissimum : niobilem ? immo 
constantissimum : familiarem ? immo 
alienissimum. Terent. Siccine hunc de- 
cipis? (Do.) immo enimvero, hie me 
decipit. Id. (Pa.) Expedies? (Da.) 
certe, Pampliile. (Pa.) nempe, ut mo- 
do (as you have just done, that. is). (Da.) 
Immo melius, no better. Virg. Immo 
ego videar amarior, &c. Si “non hiEC 
lux, &c. may I rather seem. —Sometimes 
when one is about to say something less 
than he had before said. Virg. Cui 
tanta permissa potestas? Immo mor- 
talem eripiam formam, rather, nay. - 
IT It is sometimes put after a word. 
Plaut. Pernego immo. Liv. Maneant 
immo. Tacit. Statueretur immo. 
IMMoBILIS (in & mobilis), e, adj. im¬ 
movable, steadfast, fixed, auivyroi. Cic. 
Terra immobilis manens, ima sede sem¬ 
per tueret. Curt. Elephas pane immo¬ 
bile animal. Plin. Balan® ad flexum 
immobiles. Lucan. Immobilis Austro, 
h. e. ad Austri flatus, firm against. Ovid. 
Immobilior scopuiis. Pandect, res, im¬ 
movable properly, immovables, as a house, 
farm, &c. — Figur. Tacit. Princeps im- 
mobilem se precibus ostendit, inflexible, 
unyielding. Id. Adversum plausutn ac 
lasciviam insultantis vulgi immobiles, 
unmoved, steeled. Virg. Ardet inexcita 
Ausonia, atque immobilis ante, never 
stirred to war before, hitherto quiet. Lac- 
tant. stupor mentis, dead, apathetic. — 
Also, constant, unalterable. Sueton. Pi- 
etatis immobilis erga Principem. 
iMMoBILATAS (immobilis), atis, f. un- 
3 movablcness, inflexibility, apathy, dead- 
ness, insensibility, properly and figur., 
aKivyoia. Justin. Lacus qui propter mag- 
