eminentia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →emineo, eminere, eminui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
stand out; be prominent/preeminent, excel; project;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →eminentia, eminentiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pre-eminence, superiority; prominence/projection; protuberance; foreground;; eminence, excellence, standing out; title of a cardinal;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →eminens, eminentis (gen.), eminentior -or -us, eminentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
eminent/distinguished/notable; lofty/towering; prominent/projecting; foreground;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
- A
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...verum esse, quod in proloquio diiviictivo necessarium est. Eminentia enim quadam significari formarum turpes et pulcrae videntur..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...montis, in arbores, rames, frutices, aspera saxa et eminentia; et ita discutiuntur, et, si quem habent spiritum, multifariam..." - T
Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pernicium, clauos secum ferreos portantes, qua per inaequaliter eminentia rupis poterant scandunt. sicubi nimis arduum et leue saxum..."
