impingo (inp-), pēgi, pactum, 3 (archaic inf. pres. pass. impingier, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 76), v. a. [in-pango], to push, strike, or drive at or into any thing; to thrust, strike, or dash against (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: incutio, infligo, illido).
I Lit.: pugnum in os impinge, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 5: mustriculam in dentes, Afran. ap. Fest. s. v. mustricula, p. 148 Müll.: a paucioribus Othonianis quo minus in vallum impingerentur, would have been driven to , Tac. H. 2, 41: impactus in carcerem, Dig. 48, 3, 13; so, to forge on , fix or fasten on : jubete huic crassas compedes impingier, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 76; id. Pers. 4, 4, 24; cf.: fustem alicui, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 9: lapidem Aesopo, Phaedr. 3, 5, 7: laqueum alicui, Sen. Tranq. an. 10: caput parieti, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 12: dentes arbori, Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 8: aequor scopulis, Sil. 12, 187: agmina muris, Verg. A. 5, 805; Stat. Th. 7, 28: impinge pugnum, si muttiverit, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 2: pessimus gubernator, qui navem, dum portum egreditur, impegit, Quint. 4, 1, 61: clitellas ferus impingas, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 8: nubes vehementer impactae, Sen. Q. N. 2, 12: impingere se in columnas, to dash one’s self against , id. de Ira, 1, 19, 4: cum caede magna (hostem) in aciem altiore superstantem tumulo inpegere, Liv. 27, 18, 14.— Prov.: calcem impingere alicui rei, i. e. to give it a kick , to cast it aside , Petr. 46; v. calx. —
B In gen., to hand , press upon , force upon one (rare): huic calix mulsi impingendus est, ut plorare desinat, Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44: alicui epistulam, id. Att. 6, 1, 6; Sen. Ep. 95: oculum libidinose, to cast upon , direct to , Tert. Idol. 2.—
II Trop., to drive , throw upon , push or force to any thing: illum libido in contraria impinget, Sen. Ep. 95 med. : aliquem in litem ac molestiam, id. ib. 117: dicam tibi impingam grandem, I will direct or bring against you , Ter. Phorm. 439: naturae munus suum, to throw in her face , Sen. Prov. 6 fin. : egestas Catilinam patriae suae impegit, drove , incited him against , Flor. 3, 12, 12: quod populos scelerata impegit in arma, Luc. 6, 406: beneficium, Sen. Ben. 1, 1: quocumque visum est, libido se impingit, id. de Ira, 2, 8.