eminentium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →emineo, eminere, eminui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
stand out; be prominent/preeminent, excel; project;
gen. 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;
gen. pl. - 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;
gen. pl. (all)
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...hora paene tota per omnes scrupos gastrarumque eminentium fragmenta traxissemus cruentos pedes, tandem expliciti acumine Gitonis sumus. Prudens..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...inaequalia tantum et velut confragosa nec admirationem consecuntur eminentium et planorum gratiam perdunt. XXX. Hoc quoque accedit, quod..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...requiris, Iuste Fabi, cur, cum priora saecula tot eminentium oratorum ingeniis gloriaque floruerint, nostra potissimum aetas deserta..."
