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
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...hora paene tota per omnes scrupos gastrarumque eminentium fragmenta traxissemus cruentos pedes, tandem expliciti acumine Gitonis sumus. Prudens..." - M
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..." - P
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..."
